Radio Waves Effect - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

Specifies how the effect treats the edges of the filled area.
Stroke
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Anti-aliases the edges of the filled area.
Antialias
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Creates a feathered edge for the filled area. Feather Softness values create a more gradually disappearing
Feather
edge.
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Expands the area of the fill color. The Spread Radius value indicates the number of pixels the fill color
Spread
extends beyond the edge of the fill area.
•
Contracts the area of the fill color. The Spread Radius value indicates the number of pixels the fill color
Choke
shrinks from the edge of the fill area.
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Confines the fill to just the border of the selected area. The Stroke Width value indicates the width of the
Stroke
stroke, in pixels.
Each of the options has a corresponding slider, except for Antialias.
Reverts all currently filled pixels to their original colors and transparency, and fills the previously unfilled
Invert Fill
pixels using the current settings.
Specifies the color to use as the fill color.
Color
Specifies the transparency of the filled area.
Opacity
Specifies the blending mode the effect uses to create the operation between the new fill color and
Blending Mode
the original layer. All of these blending modes appear in the Mode menu in the Timeline panel, except for Fill Only.
Use Fill Only if you don't wish to composite the fill with the original image. Only the fill remains visible.
Note: If you apply multiple instances of Paint Bucket to a layer, be sure not to set more than one to use the Fill Only
blending mode. If you set more than one instance to use this blending mode, only the first application of the filter is
displayed. The blending mode drops out the original image, thereby changing the fill point selection for the following
applications of the filter.

Radio Waves effect

The Radio Waves effect creates radiating waves from a stationary or animated effect point. You can use this effect to
generate pond ripples, sound waves, or intricate geometric patterns. You can control the emitted waves' shape, width,
color, speed, rotation, life span, fade rate, and other properties. Use the Reflection control to make the shapes bounce
off the sides of the layer. You can also use Radio Waves to create realistic wave displacement maps that work well with
the Caustics effect.
This effect works with 8-bpc color.
Polygon wave type with a square stroke profile (center) and Image Contour wave type with Sine stroke profile (right)
Adjust the following controls for the Radio Waves effect:
Specifies the point from which the waves appear.
Producer Point
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