Effect

Within the Factory Content library are a variety of customizable effects. See below for a description of each Effect and the controls it features, found in the Beam Effects parameter group.

See Effects 1 and 2 for more information on how Effects fit into the DyLOS workflow.

Effects Types and Controls:

Color Effects

Thumbnail	Name	Explanation
	2-Color Gradient	This effect gives you (2) color swatches to define RGB colors for your gradient. That gradient is then mapped to the affected content by first converting that content to grayscale, then applying the colors. Opacity Controls for the Black and White sides of the gradient allow you to set variable transparency for the 2 sides of the gradient.
	3-Color Gradient	This effect gives you (3) color swatches to define RGB colors for your gradient. That gradient is then mapped to the affected content by first converting that content to grayscale, then applying the colors. Opacity Controls for the Black, White, and Gray portions of the gradient allow you to set variable transparency. "Position Gray" allows you to move the gray point between black and white.
	Background Color	Using the Color parameters to define a background color which is then applied to any transparent areas of the effect slot.

Keying

Thumbnail	Name	Explanation
	Color Key	Using the Color parameters, this effect filters out the selected color. Delta control sets the width of the color sensitivity. A higher Delta filters out more color. Steepness determines the rate out cutoff for the delta. A higher Steepness tends to give a more precise, but also sharper cutoff to the filtered color range.

Deformations

Thumbnail	Name	Explanation
	Lines	Creates a set of circular reflections from the center of the canvas. Number of repeats on the X and Y planes are customizable. The X plane is around the rings, and the Y plane is the number of rings. Adjustable radius size for the overall effect. Rotation: Indexing or Animated spin of the content. Animation: Indexing or Animated zooming/tunnel effect. Orientation: Indexing or Animated spin of the effect.
	Mirrored Lines	Creates a set of circular reflections from the center of the canvas which are also mirrored. Number of repeats on the X and Y planes are customizable. The X plane is around the rings, and the Y plane is the number of rings. Adjustable radius size for the overall effect. Rotation: Indexing or Animated spin of the content. Animation: Indexing or Animated zooming/tunnel effect. Orientation: Indexing or Animated spin of the effect.
	Tunnel	Creates a 3-D tunnel out of the content affected. Number of repeats on the X and Y planes are customizable. The X plane is around the rings, and the Y plane is the amount of repeats "deep". Rotation: Indexing or Animated spin of the content. Animation: Indexing or Animated travel within the never-ending tunnel.
	Mirrored Tunnel	Creates a 3-D tunnel out of the content affected, with mirroring of the content on the Y plane. Number of repeats on the X and Y planes are customizable. The X plane is around the rings, and the Y plane is the amount of repeats "deep". Rotation: Indexing or Animated spin of the content. Animation: Indexing or Animated travel within the never-ending tunnel.
	Mirror	Creates a Mirror effect across the mirror lines. There are (2) mirror lines available. X and Y sliders for each mirror line determine it's position. Rotation Angle for both mirror lines is indexing or animated.

Tile Effects

Thumbnail	Name	Explanation
	Tiles	Creates a repeated pattern of the content affected. X and Y repetition allows you to set the number of repeats per axis. Horizontal and Vertical index and animation allows you to set adjust the exact placement of the tiles. Rotation angle is Indexing or Animated.
	Mirrored Tiles	Creates a repeated pattern of the content affected, with a mirror across the X and Y axis. X and Y repetition allows you to set the number of repeats per axis. Horizontal and Vertical index and animation allows you to set adjust the exact placement of the tiles. Rotation angle is Indexing or Animated.