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• Use the Hand tool to pan the image. Press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to pan the opposite fractal. For
example, when viewing the Julia set, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) to pan the Mandelbrot set and
see how the Julia set depends on the center point of the Mandelbrot set.
• Use the arrow keys to pan the center point by 1 pixel. Press Shift as you press an arrow key to adjust the point by
10 pixels. Press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you press an arrow key to adjust the center point of the
opposite set.
Grid effect
Use the Grid effect to create a customizable grid. Render this grid in a solid color or as a mask in the alpha channel
of the source layer. This effect is good for generating design elements and mattes within which other effects can be
applied.
This effect works with 8-bpc color.
Use Grid with the Advanced Lightning effect to create lightning forks that follow a grid pattern.
The point of origin of the grid pattern. Moving this point offsets the pattern.
Anchor
How the dimensions of the rectangles are determined:
Size From
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Each rectangle's dimensions are those of the rectangle with opposite corners defined by the Anchor
Corner Point
and Corner points.
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A rectangle's height and width are equal to the Width value, meaning that the rectangles are squares.
Width Slider
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Width & Height Sliders
value.
The thickness of the grid lines. A value of 0 causes the grid to disappear.
Border
Note: The anti-aliasing of the grid borders may cause the visible thickness to vary.
The softness of the grid.
Feather
Inverts the transparent and opaque areas of the grid.
Invert Grid
The color of the grid.
Color
The opacity of the grid.
Opacity
The blending mode to use to composite the grid on top of the original layer. These blending modes
Blending Mode
work identically to the ones in the Timeline panel, except for the default None mode, which renders the grid only.
Lens Flare effect
The Lens Flare effect simulates the refraction caused by shining a bright light into the camera lens. Specify a location
for the center of the flare by clicking anywhere inside the image thumbnail or by dragging its cross hair.
This effect works with 8-bpc color.
A rectangle's height is equal to the Height value. A rectangle's width is equal to the Width
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