User Guide

Using Image Effects300
If you want to apply the effect to
the entire image, make sure there
are no selections.
Selections can help you control the
marbling when you have a
particular effect in mind. For
example, the rake path normally
begins from the edge of the image.
If you want the rake path to begin
in the center of a blob, select an
area that begins at the blob’s
center.
2 Choose Effects menu > Esoterica
> Apply Marbling.
3 In the Apply Marbling dialog box,
choose a direction for the rake
stroke:
•Right-to-Left
•Left-to-Right
• Top-to-Bottom
• Bottom-to-Top
4 Create a rake stroke by adjusting
any of the following sliders and
clicking Add Step:
• Spacing adjusts the distance
between rake teeth. The slider
controls the number of teeth in
the rake. When the slider is all
the way to the right, the rake
has one tooth.
• Offset moves the rake perpen-
dicular to the path direction.
Use Offset to adjust the posi-
tion of the rake lines.
• Waviness changes the ampli-
tude (height) of the waves.
When Waviness is set to zero,
the path is straight.
• Wavelength determines the dis-
tance between wave peaks.
• Phase slides the wave in the
rake direction. This lets you set
where in the curve—peak,
downslope, valley, or upslope—
the rake begins in the image.
• Pull controls how much the
rake distorts the image. Lower
values produce thin, short dis-
tortions. Higher values create
stronger distortions.
• Quality lets you control the
smoothness in the marbled
image. Low Quality settings
produce an aliased effect. The
marbling looks rough with
scattered pixels. Increasing
Quality adds anti-aliasing,
making color distortions appear
smoother and more fluid.
As you adjust the sliders, the
dotted lines in the preview show
the rake path.
5 Repeat steps 3-4 for each rake step
you want to create.
The Apply Marbling dialog box
displays the current step number
and the total number of steps in
the recipe. You can move between
steps by clicking the forward and
backward arrow buttons.
6 When you are satisfied with the
settings, click OK to apply the
effect.
Notes:
•
Steps are applied in order, so
subsequent steps work from the result of
the previous one.
•
A large part of the final look of the
marble depends on whether you start
horizontally or vertically, with a fine
comb or coarse rake.
•
Each step you add increases the time it
takes to apply the recipe.