Reference / Effects / Distortion
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Wave warp
Wave warp is a Distortion effect.
What it does
Section titled “What it does”Creates a rippling warp across the entire layer.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Parameter | Control | Range | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wave type | Dropdown | Sine · Square · Triangle · Sawtooth · Circle · Semicircle · Uncircle · Noise · Smooth noise | Sine | - |
| Wave height | Slider | -500 to 500; any value by typing | 15 | Pixels at composition size |
| Wave width | Slider | 1 to 2000; higher | 120 | Pixels at composition size |
| Direction | Dial | Any angle; snaps every 15° while a modifier is held | 90° | Degrees |
| Phase | Dial | Any angle; snaps every 45° while a modifier is held | 0° | Degrees |
| Wave speed | Slider | -5 to 5; any value by typing | 1 | - |
| Pinning | Dropdown | None · All edges · Left and right · Top and bottom · Left edge · Right edge · Top edge · Bottom edge | None | - |
| Mix | Slider | 0 to 100 | 100 | Per cent |
| Blend | Dropdown | Normal · Darken · Multiply · Colour burn · Linear burn · Darker colour · Add · Lighten · Screen · Colour dodge · Lighter colour · Overlay · Soft light · Hard light · Linear light · Vivid light · Pin light · Hard mix · Difference · Exclusion · Subtract · Divide · Hue · Saturation · Colour · Luminosity | Normal | - |
| Matte | Layer | Any layer in the composition | None | - |
| Invert | Checkbox | On or off | Off | - |
| Channel | Dropdown | Luminance · Alpha · Red · Green · Blue | Luminance | - |
In the Effect Controls panel:
- Matte scales Wave height per pixel: white slides the full height, grey less, black not at all. Invert reads that matte inverted.
What each control does
Section titled “What each control does”- Wave type: the shape of the wave.
- Wave height: how far the picture displaces at a crest.
- Direction: the direction the wave travels.
- Wave speed: how many waves pass a point each second.
- Pinning: which edges of the frame are unaffected.
- Mix: how much of the result replaces the original.
- Matte and Invert drive the strength of the effect from another layer’s brightness; see Effects.