A Tool is applied by clicking and dragging the mouse across a displayed
image to create a particular transformation. The Stylus and Comb
Tools, for example, are intended to emulate 'marbled paper' type effects, as if
the image surface were wet paint. Stretch, Shrink, Grow,
Twist, Slash, Contort , Rumple and Warp Tools
produce various distortions of a picture. Spray applies droplets of
configurable sizes, spacing and styles, Clone replicates an image segment,
Bloom radiates petals around a central point, Erupt flings fragments,
Whisk drags image edges, Droste produces recursive picture-within-picture
effects, Mutate deforms images according to mathematical transformations,
Shine applies various lighting effects, Mosaic creates a colored tile
version of the underlying image, Lift raises various image based elements and
splays them outwards from the center, Tint shifts image pixels with color
gradients, Relief highlights edges to create a sense of depth, Smear
creates blurry, fuzzy regions within an image and Wipe produces partial
transparency and other color transitions along its path.
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Effects are manipulations that evolve over time, for example after a
Drop is initiated by clicking the mouse, the ripples will spread and undulate
until they finally dissipate entirely. For each type of Effect, a single
mouse click produces one occurrence of the effect, while clicking and dragging the
mouse creates a series of usually smaller effects. Clicking and dragging with
the Drop Effect, for instance, will produce a trail of 'Dribbles'.
Wave, Bubble, Vortex, Melt, Flow, Quake,
Aura, Beam, Frost, Bolt, Mirage, Cloud,
Blaze, Burst and Plop Effects similarly move and transform.
Effect actions can be paused or captured at any point.
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The selection boxes for