Grid

Grid is a Generate effect.

OriginalGrid

Drag the handle. Grid applied on the right, the original frame on the left.

What it does

Puts points at even intervals — rows, columns, and planes receding into depth.

Parameters

Parameter	Control	Range	Default	Unit
Columns	Slider, whole numbers	1 to 100; up to 1000	10	-
Rows	Slider, whole numbers	1 to 100; up to 1000	6	-
Planes	Slider, whole numbers	1 to 100; up to 1000	1	-
Spacing x	Slider	0 to 1000; higher	120	Pixels at composition size
Spacing y	Slider	0 to 1000; higher	120	Pixels at composition size
Spacing z	Slider	0 to 1000; higher	120	Pixels at composition size
Position x	Slider	0 to 3840; any value by typing	960	Pixels at composition size
Position y	Slider	0 to 2160; any value by typing	540	Pixels at composition size
Position z	Slider	-2000 to 2000; any value by typing	0	Pixels at composition size
Jitter x	Slider	0 to 500; higher	0	Pixels at composition size
Jitter y	Slider	0 to 500; higher	0	Pixels at composition size
Jitter z	Slider	0 to 500; higher	0	Pixels at composition size
Seed	Seed	Any whole number	A fresh random seed per instance	-
Size	Slider	0 to 200; higher	8	Pixels at composition size
Feather	Slider	0 to 100	100	Per cent
Colour	Colour	Each channel 0 to 4, scene-linear	1, 1, 1, 1	-
Max points	Slider, whole numbers	1 to 200000; up to 1000000	20000	-
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:

• Grid groups Columns, Rows, Planes, Spacing x, Spacing y, Spacing z, Position x, Position y, Position z, Jitter x, Jitter y, Jitter z, Seed.
• Point groups Size, Feather, Colour, Max points.
• Matte is an input to an effect, scaling the strength. Invert inverts the mattes for calculating strength.

What each control does

• Columns, Rows and Planes: how many cells across, down, and through the layer’s plane. Planes at 1 is flat, which is what a 2D layer wants; more than one only shows once the layer is 3D and the composition has a camera. See Cameras and 3D.
• Spacing x, Spacing y and Spacing z: the gap between cells along each axis. The lattice is as big as its spacing makes it — it is not fitted to the frame.
• Position x, Position y and Position z: where the middle of the lattice sits. Position z is how far in front of or behind the layer’s own plane it floats; nought is on the plane.
• Jitter x, Jitter y and Jitter z: how far a cell may wander off its place. Each cell gets the same nudge every frame.
• Seed: which jitter. Reseed to roll a different one.
• Size: the diameter of the disc a point is drawn as.
• Feather: how soft that disc’s edge is. At nought it is a hard circle.
• Colour: what the discs are drawn in. Values above 1 are legal, and useful under a Glow.
• Max points: the most points that may exist at once. It is a capacity declaration rather than a look control, so it does not animate; a lattice bigger than the cap is cut off at the end.
• Mix: how much of the drawing lands on the picture. At nought the points are still emitted on the socket.
• Matte and Invert drive the strength of the effect from another layer’s brightness; see Effects.

Related

• Scatter - points thrown at random rather than ruled out.
• Clone to points
• Connect points
• The node graph - where the Points socket is wired.
• Generate
• Effects