Burst

Overview

The Burst filter renders a series of lines using the currently selected brush in a radial fashion. The lines start in the center of the image and radiate outward in a user defined way. Note that the color of the spokes is set using the foreground color in theToolbox.

Burst Options

Burst Settings

Shape

The Shape section allows control over the final overall shape of the render.

  • A setting of Rectangle will terminate the spokes so that an overall rectangular shape is acheived by the spokes.

  • The Ellipse setting renders the spokes so that the ends form a circular shape when viewed as a whole.

Fade direction

Fade dirdescribes the direction from which the spokes will fade. The actual fading is set in the Brush Options.

  • In sets the spokes to render from the outside inwards.

  • Out sets the spokes to render from the inside outwards.

Spokes

The Spokes setting changes the number of spokes that will be used in the render.

Inside Pixels

The Inside Pixels setting controls the distance from the conter of the image that the spokes will begin rendering from.

Outside Pixels

The Outside Pixels setting controls how far the spokes will radiate.

Start angle

Start Angle controls the angle at which the first spoke will be rendered.

Arc angle

Arc Angle sets the overall maximum number of degrees that the spokes will traverse. A setting of 180 here would render the spokes along half of the total degrees available in a circle.