Sharpen, Unsharp mask – Apple Motion 5.1.1 User Manual

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Chapter 19

Filters

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Sharpen

Sharpens an image by enhancing the color contrast around edges in the image.

This filter causes rasterization in 3D groups. For more information on rasterization, see

Groups

and rasterization

on page 1045.

Original image

Sharpen filter applied

Parameters in the Inspector

Intensity: Sets the radius for the effect.

Amount: Adjusts the contrast for the sharpening.

Mix: Sets the percentage of the original image to be blended with the sharpened image.

Unsharp Mask

Creates an effect similar to Sharpen, but provides more options to refine and control the amount
of sharpening applied to the image. This filter causes rasterization in 3D groups. For more
information on rasterization, see

Groups and rasterization

on page 1045.

Original image

Unsharp Mask filter applied

Parameters in the Inspector

Radius: Sets the amount of the mask’s effect.

Amount: Sets the amount of the multiplier used to sharpen the object’s edges.

Threshold: Sets the threshold of luminance difference to be considered as a high contrast
range, between 0 and 1.

Horizontal: Sets the horizontal width of the unsharp mask.

Vertical: Sets the vertical scale of the unsharp mask.

Mix: Sets the percentage of the original image to be blended with the filtered image.

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