Reference / Effects / Generate
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Multi-point gradient
Multi-point gradient is a Generate effect.
What it does
Section titled “What it does”Blends the colours of up to six points across the layer. Each point’s colour reaches as far as its Influence, and Power sets how sharply it gives way to its neighbours’.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Parameter | Control | Range | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Slider, whole numbers | 2 to 6 | 4 | - |
| Power | Slider | 0.5 to 8; any value by typing | 2 | - |
| Point 1 to Point 6 | Point | Any position | The middles of the four quarters, the centre, and near the top | Pixels at composition size |
| Colour 1 to Colour 6 | Colour | Each channel 0 to 1 | Orange, yellow, blue, purple, white, black | - |
| Influence 1 to Influence 6 | Slider | 0 to 400; any value by typing | 100 | - |
| Paint | Dropdown | Inside layer · Whole frame | Inside layer | - |
What each control does
Section titled “What each control does”- Points: how many points are used, from Point 1.
- Power: how sharply one point’s colour gives way to the next. Low blends wide, high makes cells round each point.
- Point 1 to Point 6: where each point sits.
- Colour 1 to Colour 6: each point’s colour.
- Influence 1 to Influence 6: how far each point reaches. Above 100 it reaches further, below 100 less far.
- Paint: Inside layer paints only where the layer draws, and Whole frame fills the whole of the layer’s picture.
- 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.