Ripple Tool

 
 
 

The Ripple tool lets you create ripple-like effects from the center of the image outward.

Pond Ripples

The Ripple tool has the following parameters:

Use To
Mode Determine the ripple effect.
  • Pond Ripples create ripples with a 45 degree offset.
  • Out from Center pushes the ripples away from the center, extending the first half, and compressing the second half of each ripple.
  • Around Center rotates the crest of each ripple in a clockwise direction around the center.
Use: To:
Amplitude Scale the amount of warping distortion. Increase for more severe distortion.
Frequency Set the number of waves per frame.
Max Ridges Control the total number of ripples that can be generated. For example, set Max Ridges to 5 to create 5 rings of distortion; the area inside and outside of the rings are unaffected.
Spread Set the distance between the ripples and the center. Animate the spread to create continuous rippling of the image.
Damping Control how the ripple amplitude is decreased over distance.
  • Use None so all the waves have the same amplitude specified by the amplitude parameter.
  • Use Linear so the amplitude of the waves at the center has the specified amplitude and decrease linearly to 0 at the image extremities.
  • Use Quadratic so the amplitude of the waves at the center has the specified amplitude and decrease quadratically to 0 at the image extremities.