
The result is immediately visible on the current image: the image is cut in blocks of 20 pixels in width and 30 pixels in height (the color of a block is equal to the average of the pixels making up the block in the original image).The Smooth button enables blending between adjacent blocks, the image obtained is therefore closer to the original image. The effect stack must look like the one shown opposite.Now modify the parameters Width and Height by setting the values to 20 and 30.


Our effect stack is presently empty.Select the effect Stylize > Mosaic from the menu. We obtain the following timeline and screen: Merge it and spread the layer over thirty images. Load the project named house which you have created in lesson 4. The effects categories comprise:* Blur : to alter the existing pixels of the animation.* Colors : to rework the colors of an animated footage.* Distortion : to distort the images of a footage.* Keying : to cut out a part of the current animation.* Motion : to manage camera movement.* Paint : to repeat a line on the screen.* Rendering : to create lighting and particles effects.* Stylize : to rework the pixels of an animated footage. The Add FX popup menu contains all the effects indicated above: the menu is identical to the Effects main menu. You call up the FX stack by clicking on the FX icon in the tool bar or by selecting FX stack panel in the Windows main menu. It is possible to set the parameters for your effects in a special window (for example : the power of a blur, the luminosity of the animated footage, the speed of a fade ), this is the FX stack. We will study them progressively in the subsequent lessons.

They are arranged according to categories.

These effects or composition tools are available in the Effects main menu (see opposite). This has been specially designed for working on animated footage. TVPaint Animation also offers you a wide range of effects. You are now able to produce frame by frame drawings. In lessons 2 to 9 we have, amongst other things, studied the TVPaint Animation drawing tools and discovered the timeline and its functions. Discover the concept of the animation keys.
