All effects and presets

Effect

Scatter

Scatter pixels or samples for a broken, sprayed look.

Scatter breaks the image into displaced samples, as if the photograph were sprayed or shaken apart. It sits near particle looks and print errors without committing to a grid.

Use restraint for texture; use excess for disintegration.

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Properties

  • Density

    marks across frame width

    Range
    8 to 200
    Default
    72
  • Size

    dot radius relative to cell

    Range
    0.1 to 2
    Default
    0.85
  • Jitter

    random offset of marks

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0.55
  • Softness

    edge softness of each mark

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0.35
  • Coverage

    chance a cell draws a mark

    Range
    0.1 to 1
    Default
    0.92
  • Paper

    Range
    Colour
    Default
    0.96, 0.94, 0.9
  • Mix

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    1

Command line

Requires Rethings Pro. Install the tool from Rethings → Install Command Line Tool…

rethings apply --effect scatter --set density=72 --set size=0.85 -i input.jpg -o output.png

Gallery

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