Sapphire Plug-ins for Open Fx: TextureSpots

S_TextureSpots Creates a field of spots that can be distorted and animated. The Warp Speed parameter causes the spots to be distorted over time by a random warping pattern. In the Sapphire Render effects submenu. Inputs: Background:  Optional.   The clip to combine the texture image with. This may be ignored if the Combine option is set to Texture Only. Mask:  Optional.   Interpolate between the result and the Source input. White areas use the result of the effect. Black areas use the Source clip.

Parameters:

Load Preset:   Push-button.
Brings up the Preset Browser to browse all available presets for this effect.

Save Preset:   Push-button.
Brings up the Preset Save dialog to save a preset for this effect.

Mocha Project:   Default: 0,  Range: 0 or greater.
Brings up the Mocha window for tracking footage and generating masks.

Blur Mocha:   Default: 0,  Range: 0 or greater.
Blurs the Mocha Mask by this amount before using. This can be used to soften the edges or quantization artifacts of the mask, and smooth out the time displacements.

Mocha Opacity:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 to 1.
Controls the strength of the Mocha mask. Lower values reduce the intensity of the effect.

Invert Mocha:   Check-box,  Default: off.
If enabled, the black and white of the Mocha Mask are inverted before applying the effect.

Resize Mocha:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 to 2.
Scales the Mocha Mask. 1.0 is the original size.

Resize Rel X:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 to 2.
The relative horizontal size of the Mocha Mask.

Resize Rel Y:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 to 2.
The relative vertical size of the Mocha Mask.

Shift Mocha:   X & Y,   Default: [0 0],  Range: any.
Offsets the position of the Mocha Mask.

Dilate Mocha:   Default: 0,  Range: -100 to 100.
Dilates or erodes the Mocha Mask by this pixel amount before using.

Dilation Quality:   Popup menu,  Default: Fast.
Selects whether Dilate Mocha adusts quickly in default Fast mode or looks better in High quality mode.

Fast:  Dilate Mocha in Fast mode for quick adjustments.

High:  Dilate Mocha in High quality mode for a better looking mask shape.

Bypass Mocha:   Check-box,  Default: off.
Ignore the Mocha Mask and apply the effect to the entire source clip.

Show Mocha Only:   Check-box,  Default: off.
Bypass the effect and show the Mocha Mask itself.

Combine Masks:   Popup menu,  Default: Union.
Determines how to combine the Mocha Mask and Input Mask when both are supplied to the effect.

Union:  Uses the area covered by both masks together.

Intersect:  Uses the area that overlaps between the two masks.

Mocha Only:  Ignore the Input Mask and only use the Mocha Mask.

Frequency:   Default: 8,  Range: 0.01 or greater.
The spatial frequency of the texture. Increase to zoom out, decrease to zoom in.

Radius:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 to 2.
The radius of the spots. Adjust this to change the size of the spots without changing the number of spots.

Seed:   Default: 0.23,  Range: 0 or greater.
Used to initialize the random number generator. The actual seed value is not significant, but different seeds give different results and the same value should give a repeatable result.

Rand Warp Amp:   Default: 0.2,  Range: 0 or greater.
The amplitude of a bubble warping distortion applied to the spots.

Rand Warp Freq:   Default: 1,  Range: 0.01 or greater.
The spatial frequency of the noise used for the warping distortion. This has no effect unless Rand Warp Amp is positive.

Shift:   X & Y,   Default: [0 0],  Range: any.
Translation offset of the texture. Since the texture is procedurally generated it can be shifted with no repeating units or seams occurring.

Warp Start:   X & Y,   Default: [0 0],  Range: any.
The translation offset warping pattern. This has no effect unless Rand Warp Amp is positive.

Warp Speed:   X & Y,   Default: [0.5 0],  Range: any.
The translation speed of the warping pattern. If non-zero the spots are animated to wiggle at this rate. This has no effect unless Rand Warp Amp is positive.

Pre Scale Lights:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scale the noise pattern by this value before applying the color parameters.

Pre Offset Darks:   Default: 0,  Range: any.
Offsets the darker regions of the noise pattern before applying the color parameters.

Brightness1:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scales the brightness of Color1. Increase for more contrast.

Color1:   Default rgb: [1 1 1].
The color of the 'brighter' parts of the texture. The colors of the result are determined by an interpolation between Color0 and Color1.

Mid Color1 Enable:   Check-box,  Default: off.
Turn on or off the mid color1 parameter.

Mid Color1:   Default rgb: [0.7 0.7 0.7].
'Darker' mid color between color1 and color0.

Mid Color2 Enable:   Check-box,  Default: off.
Turn on or off the mid color2 parameter.

Mid Color2:   Default rgb: [0.5 0.5 0.5].
Mid color between color1 and color0.

Mid Color3 Enable:   Check-box,  Default: off.
Turn on or off the mid color3 parameter.

Mid Color3:   Default rgb: [0.2 0.2 0.2].
'Lighter' mid color between color1 and color0.

Color0:   Default rgb: [0 0 0].
The color of the 'darker' parts of the texture.

Offset0:   Default: 0,  Range: any.
Adds this value to color0. Decrease to a negative value for more contrast.

Scale Lights:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scale the result after the colors are applied to the image.

Offset Darks:   Default: 0,  Range: -8 to 2.
Adds this gray value to the darker regions of the result. This can be negative to increase contrast.

Hue Shift:   Default: 0,  Range: any.
Shifts the hue of the textures, in revolutions from red to green to blue to red.

Saturation:   Default: 1,  Range: -2 to 8.
Scales the color saturation. Increase for more intense colors. Set to 0 for monochrome.

Invert:   Check-box,  Default: off.
If enabled, the resulting texture colors are inverted. This is similar to swapping Color0 and Color1.

Bg Brightness:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
The background brightness is scaled by this value before being combined with the texture.

Combine:   Popup menu,  Default: Screen.
Determines how the texture is combined with the Background.

Texture Only:  gives only the texture image with no Background.

Mult:  the texture is multiplied by the Background.

Add:  the texture is added to the Background.

Screen:  the texture is blended with the Background using a screen operation.

Difference:  the result is the difference between the texture and Background.

Overlay:  the texture is combined with the Background using an overlay function.

Mask Use:   Popup menu,  Default: Luma.
Determines how the Mask input channels are used to make a monochrome mask.

Luma:  the luminance of the RGB channels is used.

Alpha:  only the Alpha channel is used.

Blur Mask:   Default: 0.05,  Range: 0 or greater.
Blurs the Mask input by this amount before using. This can provide a smoother transition between the masked and unmasked areas. It has no effect unless the Mask input is provided.

Invert Mask:   Check-box,  Default: off.
If on, inverts the mask input so the effect is applied to areas where the Mask is black instead of white. This has no effect unless the Mask input is provided.

See Also:

TextureFolded TextureWeave TexturePlasma TextureNoiseEmboss TextureNoisePaint TextureCells TextureChromaSpiral TextureMoire TextureTiles TextureNeurons TextureLoops TextureFlux

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