Serif PhotoPlus X3 ECD518624M Manual De Usuario
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Image Adjustments and Effects
• 3D Lighting provides a "light source" without
which any depth information in the effect wouldn’t
be visible. The lighting settings let you illuminate
your 3D landscape and vary its reflective properties.
your 3D landscape and vary its reflective properties.
Another thing you’ll probably wonder about is that all the 3D effects seem to
have "map" in their name. The concept of a map is the key to understanding how
these effects work: it means a channel of information overlaid on the image,
have "map" in their name. The concept of a map is the key to understanding how
these effects work: it means a channel of information overlaid on the image,
storing values for each underlying image pixel. You can think of the layer as a
picture printed on a flexible sheet, which is flat to start with. Each 3D layer effect
picture printed on a flexible sheet, which is flat to start with. Each 3D layer effect
employs a map that interacts with the underlying image on a layer to create the
visual impression of a textured surface.
Bump Maps superimpose depth information for a bumpy, peak-and-valley
Bump Maps superimpose depth information for a bumpy, peak-and-valley
effect. Using the flexible sheet metaphor, the bump map adds up-and-down
contours and the image "flexes" along with these bumps, like shrink-wrap, while
contours and the image "flexes" along with these bumps, like shrink-wrap, while
a light from off to one side accentuates the contours.
Pattern Maps contribute color variations using a choice of blend modes and
opacity, for realistic (or otherworldly!) depictions of wood grain, marbling, and
Pattern Maps contribute color variations using a choice of blend modes and
opacity, for realistic (or otherworldly!) depictions of wood grain, marbling, and
blotches or striations of all kinds.
You'll notice that Bump Maps and Pattern Maps come in two varieties: "2D" and
"3D." Don't confuse these with the "2D layer effects" (like Drop Shadow). The
map-based effects are all three-dimensional effects—the distinction in name has
map-based effects are all three-dimensional effects—the distinction in name has
to do with how each one achieves its result. Here’s the difference: With the "3D"
Bump Maps and Pattern Maps, you first pick a mathematical function. With the
"2D map" variants, you begin by selecting a bitmap from a gallery. The function-
"2D map" variants, you begin by selecting a bitmap from a gallery. The function-