Sumi-e
 
 
 

The Sumi-e effect (pronounced sue-me-ay) renders an image in the Japanese sumi-e ink painting style. This effect is characterized by rich blacks with soft, blurry edges, suggesting the use of a wet brush imbued with ink on absorbent rice paper.

Name

Specifies the operator's name.

Opacity

Sets the opacity of the effect over the input image. A value of 0 makes the effect completely transparent, while a value of 100 makes it completely opaque.

Use Alpha As Mask

Uses the input image's alpha channel as a mask for applying the effect. The effect is fully applied to areas of the image where the alpha channel is white, and not at all to areas where it is black.

Run Effect On

Enable the RGB and/or Alpha options to specify whether the effect is applied to the RGB channels, the Alpha channel, or both.

Stroke Width

Set higher values to increase the width of the brush stroke, or set lower values to decrease the width.

Stroke Pressure

Set higher values to increase the pressure of the brush stroke, or set lower values to decrease the pressure.

Contrast

Set higher values to increase the contrast in the resulting image, or set lower values to decrease the contrast.