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Ramp effect
The Ramp effect creates a color gradient. You can create linear or radial ramps, and vary the position and colors of the ramp over time. Use the
Start Of Ramp and End Of Ramp properties to specify the start and end positions. Use the Ramp Scatter control to disperse the ramp colors and
eliminate banding.
This effect works with 8-bpc, 16-bpc, and 32-bpc color.
Note: Ramps often don't broadcast well; severe banding occurs because the broadcast chrominance signal doesn't contain sufficient resolution to
reproduce the ramp smoothly. The Ramp Scatter control dithers the ramp colors, eliminating the banding apparent to the human eye.
Scribble effect
The Scribble effect creates the appearance of hand-drawn artwork by filling or stroking a closed mask.
For example, the Scribble effect can simulate fills that look like marker, crosshatching, or textiles. It fills a mask with a single zigzagging line that
crisscrosses the path. Some paths, because of their geometry, cannot be filled with a single line. The Scribble effect breaks these paths into
several simpler paths, each of which it then fills with a zigzagged stroke.
Aharon Rabinowitz provides a tutorial on the
animated fill from video footage or from Illustrator graphics.
This effect works with 8-bpc color.
Masks (upper-left), Scribble applied to outside edges (lower-left), and Scribble applied to inside edges with Composite on Original (lower-right)
Scribble Single Mask scribbles a specified mask on the layer; All Masks scribbles all masks on the layer; All Masks Using Modes combines the
masks using their modes and then scribbles the resulting shape.
Mask The mask to use if Scribble is set to Single Mask.
Fill Type Controls whether the fill is drawn inside the path or creates a scribble along the path. Left Edge draws the fill along the left edge of the
path; Right Edge draws the fill along the right edge of the path. The left and right edges of a path are determined by the direction in which the
path is drawn. When using the Left Edge or Right Edge fill types on masks that have tight curves, you get best results by making the Edge Width
less than the radius of the curve.
Edge Options Options for the edge of the scribble if Fill Type is set to an edge.
Edge Width Controls the width of the edge.
End Cap Controls the ends of scribble lines. Use Round for stroked lines with semicircular ends; use Butt for stroked lines with squared
ends; and use Projecting for stroked lines with squared ends that extend half the line width beyond the end of the line, making the weight
of the line extend equally in all directions around the line. This option is enabled only if Fill Type is set to Centered Edge.
Join Specifies how the corners of a scribble line appear. Use Round for stroked lines with rounded corners; use Bevel for stroked lines
with squared corners; and use Miter for stroked lines with pointed corners.
Miter Limit Controls when the effect switches from a miter (pointed) join to a bevel (squared-off) join. Specify a value in the range from 1
to 500. For example, if the value is set to the default of 4, the effect switches from a miter to a bevel join when the length of the point
reaches four times the stroke weight. A miter value of 1 results in a bevel join. It's enabled if Join is set to the Miter option.
Start/End Apply To Specifies how changes to the Start and End options for the effect in the Timeline panel are applied; Scribble Result
affects the scribble in the order in which it is drawn, and Mask Path follows the path of the mask to create more continuous drawing in or
out of the scribble.
Angle Specifies the angle of the scribbled stroke.
Stroke Width Specifies the width of the stroke. Specify a value from 0.1 to 50.
Stroke Options Specify the curviness, spacing, and overlap of the scribbled line.
Curviness Controls the amount of curve at the end of each scribbled stroke. Specify a value between 0° and 100°.
Curviness Variation Determines the amount of variance the curviness values can have at each end point. Specify a value between 0%
and 100%. A value of 0 gives the scribble sharp corners, while a value of 100 makes the scribble loopy.
Creative COW website that shows how to use Auto-trace with the Scribble effect to create a stylized
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