Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 - Color Emboss Effect; Emboss Effect; Find Edges Effect

ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 7.0
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leaving the layer transparent between the strokes. Paint on White and Paint on Black let you apply your strokes over
a white or black background.
Blend With Original Specifies the percentage of effect applied—the higher you set this value, the more of the original
layer you can see in the background. For example, if you set this value to 50%, 50% of the original layer shows
through the effect; if you set this value to 100%, the effect has no affect on the layer. If you want to create an affect of
a rainstorm, set this value to about 50%.
Color Emboss effect
The Color Emboss effect works like the Emboss effect, without suppressing the image’s original colors.
This effect works with 8-bpc and 16-bpc color.
Original (left), and with effect applied (right)
Emboss effect
The Emboss effect sharpens the edges of objects in the image and suppresses colors. The effect also highlights the
edgesfromaspecifiedangle.Thelayer’squalitysettinginfluencestheEmbosseffectbycontrollingtheReliefsetting.
Relief is calculated at the subpixel level in Best quality and rounded off to the pixel level in Draft quality.
The Direction control specifies the apparent direction from which the highlight source is shining, in degrees. A
setting of 45˚ causes the shadow to be cast from the northeast direction. Relief specifies the apparent height of the
embossing, in pixels. The Relief setting actually controls the maximum width of highlighted edges. Contrast specifies
thesharpnessoftheimagecontent’sedges.Atlowersettings,onlydistinctedgesshowtheeffect.Asyouincreasethe
setting, the highlight becomes more extreme. Blend With Original specifies the total amount of effect applied to the
layer.
This effect works with 8-bpc and 16-bpc color.
Original (left), and with effect applied (right)
Find Edges effect
The Find Edges effect identifies the areas of the image that have significant transitions and emphasizes the edges.
Edges can appear as dark lines against a white background or colored lines against a black background. When the
Find Edges effect is applied, images often look like sketches or photographic negatives of the original.
The Invert option inverts the image after the edges are found. When selected, edges appear as bright lines on a black
background; when not selected, edges appear as dark lines on a white background. Blend With Original specifies the
total amount of effect applied to the layer.