User Guide

CHAPTER 13. FILTERS 157
Area: The three options here alter what is shown in the preview area.
Entire Image: This option will display the entire image in the preview
area.
Selection: This option will display zoom the preview area such that any
currently selected areas will fill the preview area.
Context:
Units
The units of measurement can be selected here.
13.124 Repeat and Duplicate
Overview
The Repeat and Duplicate tool takes the current selection and copies it to the
current layer a specified number of times in a specified direction. Repeat and Duplicate
Options
Repeat and Duplicate
Repeats The Repeats input box specifies the number of times that the contents of the
selection should be pasted into the active layer.
Xoffset Xoffset sets the horizontal positioning in pixels of the copied contents. Nega-
tive values copy the selection contents to the left.
Yoffset Yoffset sets the vertical positioning in pixels of the copied contents. Negative
values copy the selection contents above the original selection.
13.125 Resynthesize
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13.126 Ripple
Overview
The “Ripple” Filter allows the distortion of an image to look like a disturbed water
surface. Ripple Options
Ripple Settings
Options Checking the Antialiasing box renders jagged lines at the edge of the ripples
smooth without blurring the image.
The Retain Tileability ensures that where an image is tileable, such as a pattern,
the final distorted image will also be tileable. copies of the image can be placed
side by side to create a continuous image without any break.