If the Absolute Orientation option is used, the orientation values do not depend on the direction of the lines: the value 0 is the original images orientation.4. The Orientation sets the Minimum and Maximum rotation angle for the images used as the pattern, according to the line direction the value 0 display the images perpendicular to the line direction. The Size sets the Minimum and Maximum resizing percentage applied to the images used as the pattern the value 100 is the original size of the images. By setting the Density to 0, you can specify a Minimum and Maximum Distance between two subsequent images applied as pattern on the line. The Density sets the amount of pattern to be applied along the line. The way the contents of the Controller node create the pattern depends on the Pattern settings. The Keep Color option assigns the color of the line to the applied pattern while the Keep Contour option retains the drawing line that will be visible beneath the pattern. It can be used for example to create scattered brush, or hair and fur effects along drawing lines. The Set Key button ( ) may have the following colors:Ĭreates in the Source content a pattern, by repeating the Controller node content, along lines painted with styles whose indexes are specified in the Color Indexes text field. For each of the parameters that can be animated there is also a specific Set Key button ( ) to the right of the parameter name, in order to set keyframes for each parameter independently. A Set Key button ( ) is available in the preview area, at the bottom bar of the window, to set keyframes for all of the parameters. Parameters can be animated by setting keyframes at specific frames. The preview area can be expanded or contracted by clicking on the +/ - symbol to the left of the Swatch Viewer text, at the bottom left of the FX Settings window. According to the selected effect, it displays a different layout of sliders, check boxes, text fields, etc.Īt the bottom of the window a preview area is available to check the result of the applied effect: you can expand it or contract it, activate it or deactivate it, navigate its content, set its size, its background color, and limit it to the camera shot. To affect a column/layer, they have to be inserted into the link from the column/layer node to the Xsheet node, so that the column/layer node is connected to the first effect input port labelled Source, while the other columns/layers are connected to the other input ports, whose labels depend on the effect the effect node output port has to be connected to the Xsheet node.Įffects parameters and their animation can be controlled in the FX Settings window.