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To:Use:
Control the severity of the pinch. Positive pinch pulls the image
inside the cone, making it appear to recede. Negative values
Amount
stretch the image over the cone, moving the center point closer
to your point of view.
Polar Tool
The Polar tool lets you transform the input image from Cartesian coordinates
to Polar coordinates or vice versa. When using Polar to Cartesian, the effect
stretches a round object so that it appears to straighten out. When using
Cartesian to Polar, the effect bends an image around its center so that it appears
round.
An option menu is used to choose if the transformation is from Cartesian to
Polar or Polar to Cartesian.
Original image
The Polar to Rectangular tool has the following parameters:
To:Use:
To switch between Polar to Cartesian and Cartesian to Polar (de-
fault is Cartesian to Polar).
Mode
Rotate the result of the Cartesian to Polar conversion and offset
the result of the Polar to Cartesian conversion. The value is ex-
Offset
pressed as an angle that represent a circular offset in Cartesian
To Polar and an horizontal offset Polar to Cartesian mode.
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