Conical gradient

Conical gradient is a Generate effect.

What it does

Paints a ramp from the Start circle to the End circle. With both centres on one spot it is a radial gradient. Where no circle between the two reaches, the result is clear.

Parameters

Parameter	Control	Range	Default	Unit
Start centre	Point	Any position	960, 540	Pixels at composition size
Start radius	Slider	0 to 2000; any value by typing	0	Pixels at composition size
End centre	Point	Any position	960, 540	Pixels at composition size
End radius	Slider	0 to 4000; any value by typing	800	Pixels at composition size
Spread	Dropdown	Pad · Repeat · Mirror	Pad	-
Paint	Dropdown	Inside layer · Whole frame	Inside layer	-
Interpolation	Dropdown	Linear · Smooth · Constant	Linear	-
Stops	Slider, whole numbers	2 to 5	3	-
Colour 1 to Colour 5	Colour	Each channel 0 to 1	White, amber, blue, magenta, black	-
Position 1 to Position 5	Slider	0 to 100	0, 50, 100, 100, 100	-

What each control does

• Start centre and Start radius: the circle the ramp starts from.
• End centre and End radius: the circle the ramp ends on.
• Spread: past the ends of the ramp, Pad holds the end colours, Repeat starts the ramp again and Mirror runs it back.
• Paint: Inside layer paints only where the layer draws, and Whole frame fills the whole of the layer’s picture.
• Interpolation: how one stop meets the next. Smooth eases between them, and Constant holds each colour until the next stop.
• Stops: how many colours are used, from Colour 1.
• Colour 1 to Colour 5 and Position 1 to Position 5: each stop’s colour, and where it sits on the ramp. Stops are sorted by Position.
• 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.

Related

• Sweep gradient
• Multi-point gradient
• Gradient
• Generate
• Effects