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Rendering this effect at Best quality can change the appearance of the layer. This is
especially true if you are using Adobe Photoshop arbitrary maps to color your glows. Glow
supports Photoshop arbitrary map files (.amp), which are created and saved from the
Curves dialog box. Be sure to preview this effect at Best quality before rendering.
For more information, see the After Effects product section on Adobe's Web site.
Leave Color
This effect removes all the colors from a layer except those similar to a given color. For
example, a movie of a basketball game could be decolored except for the orange of the
ball itself. The layer's quality setting does not affect Leave Color.
For more information, see the After Effects product section on Adobe's Web site.
Mosaic
This effect fills a layer with solid color rectangles. It is useful for simulating low-resolution
displays and for obscuring faces. You can also animate it for a transition. At Best quality,
the edges of the mosaic are anti-aliased.
The Horizontal/Vertical Blocks options specify the number of mosaic divisions in each
direction. Use the Sharp Colors option to give each tile the color of the pixel in its center in
the unaffected layer; otherwise, the tiles are colored with the average color of the corre-
sponding region in the unaffected layer.
Motion Tile
This effect replicates the source image across the output image. It is called Motion Tile
because, when changing the placement of the tiles, it uses motion blur to accentuate the
movement if motion blur is enabled. Tile Center controls the position of the main tile.
For more information, see the After Effects product section on Adobe's Web site.
Noise
This effect randomly changes pixel values throughout the image. The layer's quality
setting does not affect Noise. When the color of a pixel gets as large as it can, clipping
makes it stay at that value. With unclipped noise, the color value wraps around or starts
again at low values.
For more information, see the After Effects product section on Adobe's Web site.
PS+Extrude
See the Adobe Photoshop User Guide or online Help for information on using this effect.
PS+Tiles
See the Adobe Photoshop User Guide or online Help for information on using this effect.
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