All effects and presets

Effect

Stretch

Stretch regions of the image for liquid, elastic motion.

Stretching regions of an image is elastic editing: pull time and space like taffy. Soft stretches feel liquid; hard stretches feel like tape stuck and dragged.

Useful for motion graphics transitions and for uncanny portrait play.

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Properties

  • Amount

    stretch toward (negative) or away (positive) from the center line

    Range
    -2 to 2
    Default
    0.55

  • Angle

    center line angle in degrees

    Range
    0 to 360
    Default
    0

  • Center

    Range
    -2, -2 to 2, 2
    Default
    0, 0

  • Smoothness

    distance falloff radius

    Range
    0.01 to 2
    Default
    0.65

  • Softness

    softens the stretch ramp near the line

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    0.35

Command line

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

rethings apply --effect stretch --set amount=0.55 --set angle=0 -i input.jpg -o output.png

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