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• Waviness — changes the amplitude (height) of the waves. When this slider is set to zero, the path is
straight.
• Wavelength — determines the distance between wave peaks
• Phase — moves the wave in the rake direction. This lets you set where in the curve (peak, downslope,
valley, or upslope) the rake begins in the image.
• Pull — controls how much the rake distorts the image. Lower values produce thin, short distortions.
Higher values create stronger distortions.
• Quality — lets you control the smoothness in the marbled image. Low settings produce an aliased
effect. The marbling looks rough with scattered pixels. Increasing the Quality setting adds anti-
aliasing, making color distortions appear smoother and more fluid.
As you move the sliders, the dotted lines in the preview window show the rake path.
4 In the Direction area, enable an option for the rake stroke.
5
Click the Add Step button .
6 Repeat steps 3 to 5 for each rake step you want to create.
The Apply Marbling dialog box displays the current step number and the total number of steps in the
recipe. You can move between steps by clicking the forward and backward arrow buttons.
Selections can help you control the marbling when you have a particular effect in mind. For
example, the rake path normally begins from the edge of the image. If you want the rake path to
begin in the center of a blob, select an area that begins at the blob’s center.
Steps are applied in order, so subsequent steps are based on the result of each previous one.
The final look of the marble largely depends on whether you start horizontally or vertically, and
whether you work with a fine comb or a coarse rake.
Each step you add increases the time it takes to apply the recipe.
To save or load a recipe
• Perform an action from the following table:
To Do the following
Clear a recipe In the Apply Marbling dialog box, click Reset. The
current recipe is deleted.
Save a recipe In the Apply Marbling dialog box, click Save All
Steps. In the Save Marbling dialog box, specify a
name.
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