Spherize Effect; Transform Effect - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Create or paste the masks you will use as the boundary mask and the source mask.
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Position the boundary mask to specify the area of the layer you do not want Smear to affect.
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Scale and position the source mask over the area you want to move.
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5 Make the Composition panel active, and choose Effect > Distort > Smear.
Enter a Percent value to specify the amount of smear applied.
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7 In the Composition panel, move the source mask to its destination position by dragging it or by using the Mask
Offset value.
Use the Mask Rotation control to rotate the source mask, and use the Mask Scale control to scale it.
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9 Drag the Percent slider as needed, and choose a setting for Elasticity.

Spherize effect

The Spherize effect distorts a layer by wrapping a region of the image onto a spherical shape of variable size. The
layer's quality setting influences the Spherize effect. Best quality samples the displaced pixels to subpixel accuracy;
Draft quality samples to the nearest whole pixel.
The Radius option specifies the radius of the sphere in pixels. You can exceed the highest slider value by clicking the
Radius value and typing a higher number in the dialog box. Center Of Sphere specifies the position of the sphere's
center on the layer.
This effect works with 8-bpc and 16-bpc color.
Original (left) and with variations of Spherize applied (center and right)

Transform effect

The Transform effect applies 2D geometric transformations to the source layer. This effect supplements the
transform properties available for each layer in the Timeline panel. Using the Transform effect, you can skew a layer
along any axis. Also, if motion blur is enabled in the Switches column, you can specify motion blur independently of
the composition's shutter angle. Anchor Point, Position, Rotation, and Opacity function the same as the layer
transform properties in the Timeline panel.
Note: This effect is relative to the input layer. Therefore, to make a layer rotate around the upper left corner, open the
Layer panel, choose Transform from the Layer panel menu, and then move the anchor point and the position to the upper
left corner.
This effect works with 8-bpc and 16-bpc color.
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