Clone to points
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Clone to points is a Generate effect.
What it does
Section titled “What it does”Wire a producer’s Points socket into this effect, pick a layer, and that layer’s picture is stamped once per point at the point’s position, turned by its rotation, sized by its size and tinted by its colour.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Parameter | Control | Range | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clone layer | Layer | Any layer in the composition | None | - |
| Scale | Slider | 0 to 1000; higher | 100 | Per cent |
| Rotation | Dial | Any angle; snaps every 15° while a modifier is held | 0° | Degrees |
| Tint | Slider | 0 to 100 | 100 | Per cent |
| Max clones | Slider, whole numbers | 1 to 200000; up to 1000000 | 2000 | - |
| 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 is an input to an effect, scaling the strength. Invert inverts the mattes for calculating strength.
What each control does
Section titled “What each control does”- Clone layer: the layer whose picture is stamped.
- Scale: multiplies each point’s own size.
- Rotation: added to each point’s own rotation.
- Tint: how much of the point’s colour the stamp takes on.
- Max clones: the most points that may be stamped.
- Mix: how much of the result replaces the picture underneath.
- Matte and Invert drive the strength of the effect from another layer’s brightness; see Effects.