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# Effect Parameters

Depending on what is selected in the Deform Type box, different effect parameters appear, helping you to set up your Deform effect.

Crumple

Amplitude field
  Displays the amount of deformation. Increase the value to increase the effect.
Time Offset field
  Displays the time offset interval of the crumpling.
Octaves field
  Displays the number of layers summed in the operation, from 0 to 10. Increase the value to increase the fractal effect.

Magnify

Radius field
  Displays the size of the affected area. You can also drag the circle in the image window to change the size of the radius.
Amount field
  Displays the amount of the deformation.
Direction box
  Select Horizontal, Vertical, or Both to indicate the direction of the magnification.
Damping box
  Select how the effect is applied within the radius. Select None to apply no damping, Linear to decrease the effect linearly to 0, or Quadratic to decrease the effect quadratically to 0.

Pinch

Radius field
  Displays the size of the affected area. You can also drag the circle in the image window to change the size of the radius.
Amount field
  Displays the amount of the deformation.
Damping box
  Select how the effect is applied within the radius. Select None to apply no damping, Linear to decrease the effect linearly to 0, or Quadratic to decrease the effect quadratically to 0.

Ripple

Amplitude field
  Displays the amount of deformation. Increase the value to increase the effect.
Ripples field
  Displays the frequency of the ripples (from zero to 60).
Radius field
  Displays the size of the affected area. You can also drag the circle in the image window to change the size of the radius.
Phase field
  Displays the spread of the ripples to the centre. Use this value to animate the ripple effect.
Max Ridges field
  Displays the total number of ripples that can be generated. For example, set to 5 to create 5 rings of distortion.
Damping box
  Select how the effect is applied within the radius. Select None to apply no damping, Linear to decrease the effect linearly to 0, or Quadratic to decrease the effect quadratically to 0.

Twirl

Radius field
  Displays the size of the affected area. You can also drag the circle in the image window to change the size of the radius.
Angle field
  Displays the direction of the twirl.
Damping box
  Select how the effect is applied within the radius. Select None to apply no damping, Linear to decrease the effect linearly to 0, or Quadratic to decrease the effect quadratically to 0.

Wave

Amplitude field
  Displays the amount of deformation. Increase the value to increase the effect.
Wave Frequency field
  Displays the number of waves.
Phase field
  Displays the spread of the waves to the centre. Use this value to animate the wave effect.
Compression field
  Displays a pixel flattening value (negative values flatten to the left, and positive values flatten to the right).