Reference / Effects / Utility
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Transform
Transform is a Utility effect.
What it does
Section titled “What it does”The layer transform group (anchor, position, scale, rotation and opacity) as an effect.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Parameter | Control | Range | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor x | Slider | -1000 to 1000; any value by typing | 0 | Pixels at composition size |
| Anchor y | Slider | -1000 to 1000; any value by typing | 0 | Pixels at composition size |
| Position x | Slider | -1000 to 1000; any value by typing | 0 | Pixels at composition size |
| Position y | Slider | -1000 to 1000; any value by typing | 0 | Pixels at composition size |
| Scale x % | Slider | 0 to 400; any value by typing | 100 | Per cent |
| Scale y % | Slider | 0 to 400; any value by typing | 100 | Per cent |
| Skew | Slider | -70 to 70; down to -89 and up to 89 | 0 | - |
| Skew axis | Dial | Any angle; snaps every 15° while a modifier is held | 0° | Degrees |
| Rotation | Dial | Any angle; snaps every 15° while a modifier is held | 0° | Degrees |
| Opacity % | Slider | 0 to 100 | 100 | Per cent |
| 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”- Anchor x and Anchor y: the point everything else happens around.
- Position x and Position y: slides the frame left/right and up/down.
- Scale x % and Scale y %: scale size as a percentage. The two start chained: changing one scales the other by the same factor. The chain between the two wells unties them.
- Skew and Skew axis: shear the frame, along the axis the dial sets.
- Rotation: turn a set number of degrees.
- Opacity %: how much of the transformed picture there is.
- 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.