Circle effect
The Circle effect creates either a customizable solid circle or ring.
None creates a solid disk. The other options all create rings. Each option corresponds to a different set of
Edge
properties that determine the shape and edge treatment of the ring:
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The difference between the Edge Radius property and the Radius property is the thickness of the ring.
Edge Radius
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The Thickness property sets the ring's thickness.
Thickness
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The product of the Thickness property and the Radius property is the ring's thickness.
Thickness * Radius
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Thickness & Feather * Radius
thickness. The product of the Feather property and the Radius property is the ring's feather.
The thickness of the feather.
Feather
Inverts the matte.
Invert Circle
The blending mode used to combine the shape and the original clip. The default None displays only
Blending Mode
the shape, without the original clip.
Ellipse effect (Windows only)
The Ellipse effect draws an ellipse.
Original image (left), with effect applied to the background once (center), and then applied multiple times (right)
Eyedropper Fill effect
The Eyedropper Fill effect applies a sampled color to the source clip. This effect is useful for quickly picking a solid
color from a sample point on the original clip or picking a color value from one clip and using blending modes to
apply this color to a second clip.
Original image (left), and with different color samples applied (center and right)
The center of the sampled area.
Sample Point
The radius of the sampled area.
Sample Radius
Which color values are sampled:
Average Pixel Color
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Samples the average RGB color values, excluding those of transparent pixels.
Skip Empty
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Samples the average of all RGB color values, including those of transparent pixels.
All
The product of the Thickness property and the Radius property is the ring's
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