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Effect reference

All fifty effects with their parameters.

Every effect in the catalog — 50 in all, in five families: Color (7), Blur (4), Distort (18), Stylize (15), Light (6). This is the same list the + Effect picker shows; hover a card there and the tooltip reads name — family. How to add, order and animate them is in The effect stack; where an effect can live is in Effects on a layer vs the Effect Layer. Full parameter tables live on those family pages.

Basic parameters are always visible in the effect's entry. Advanced ones sit behind the entry's more toggle; the count is given so you know what is folded away. Thirty effects carry an advanced Mix (how much of the result is shown) — it is included in the advanced count. Parameters named Speed run on the effect clock, so the effect moves even without keyframes.

The + Effect picker: a search field and preview cards grouped by family

01Color

Effect	Family	What it does	Basic parameters	Advanced
Color grade	Color	Exposure, brightness, contrast and saturation in one pass	Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, Saturation	1
Hue / saturation	Color	Shifts the hue wheel, saturates or lightens	Hue, Saturation, Lightness	1
Levels	Color	Remaps the black and white points with a gamma curve	In black, In white, Gamma	3
Curves	Color	Lifts or crushes shadows, midtones and highlights separately	Shadows, Midtones, Highlights, Contrast	1
Gradient map	Color	Replaces the tones with a three-stop color ramp	Shadow, Mid, Highlight	3
Colorama	Color	Cycles a palette through the image over time	Palette, Phase, Speed	1
Sharpen	Color	Sharpens edges	Amount, Radius	1

02Blur

Effect	Family	What it does	Basic parameters	Advanced
Box blur	Blur	A plain, even blur	Radius	0
Directional blur	Blur	Motion blur along one angle	Angle, Distance	1
Radial blur	Blur	Spin or zoom blur around a center	Mode, Amount	4
Depth of field	Blur	Sharp inside a focus radius, blurred outside, with a soft edge	Focus radius, Blur, Feather	3

03Distort

Effect	Family	What it does	Basic parameters	Advanced
Wave warp	Distort	Bends the image along a moving wave	Wave type, Propagation, Height, Width, Angle, Speed	5
Page curl	Distort	Peels the image back like a page	Progress, Angle, Curl radius	1
Mouse field	Distort	The pointer pushes, pulls or twists the pixels around it	Mode, Strength, Radius	1
Chromatic aberration	Distort	Splits the color channels apart	Amount	0
Lens distortion	Distort	Barrel or pincushion lens curvature with color fringing	Barrel, Zoom, Chromatic	3
Kaleidoscope	Distort	Mirrors the image into repeated wedges	Sides, Angle	2
Mirror	Distort	Reflects one half onto the other	Axis, Center, Invert	0
UV warp	Distort	Warps the image space — twirl, shear, push	Mode, Strength, Radius, Twirl, Shear X, Shear Y	2
Turbulent displace	Distort	Displaces pixels with animated noise	Amount, Size, Speed	1
Ripple shock	Distort	Rings that spread from the center and fade	Amplitude, Frequency, Decay, Speed	3
Heat mirage	Distort	Rising heat shimmer in horizontal rows	Amount, Rows, Speed	3
Zigzag shear	Distort	Shears alternating bands in opposite directions	Bands, Depth, Angle, Speed	1
Pixel stretch	Distort	Smears one line of pixels across the image	Orientation, Source, Stretch	0
Tile scroll	Distort	Tiles the image and scrolls the tiles	Scale X, Scale Y, Dir X, Dir Y, Speed	1
Isometric	Distort	Rotates and squashes the image into an isometric view	Rotation, Y scale, Zoom	3
Feedback tunnel	Distort	Feeds the image back into itself as a receding tunnel	Margin, Inward	1
Cylinder wrap	Distort	Wraps the image around a cylinder	Amount, Curve, Axis, Scale, Rotate	1
Perspective 3D	Distort	Rotates the image as a card in 3D space	Rotate X°, Rotate Y°, Rotate Z°, Distance, Depth, Zoom, Backface	0

In UV warp the Strength, Twirl and Shear parameters appear only for the modes that use them; in Wave warp the Angle appears only for the wave types that have a direction.

04Stylize

Effect	Family	What it does	Basic parameters	Advanced
Posterize	Stylize	Reduces the image to a few tone levels	Levels	0
Dither	Stylize	Reduces the colors and dithers the result	Colors, Strength, Scale	1
Pixelate	Stylize	Big square pixels	Pixel size	0
Tile	Stylize	Repeats the image in a grid	Count	0
Halftone	Stylize	Print-style dot screen	Frequency, Angle, Softness	1
Engraving	Stylize	Hatched lines that thicken in the dark tones	Line density, Angle, Thickness	2
CRT screen	Stylize	Scanlines, curved glass and color fringing	Scanlines, Curvature, Chromatic, Speed	2
VHS	Stylize	Tape noise, wobble and tracking lines	Amount, Speed	1
Film grain	Stylize	Animated grain	Amount, Speed	1
Glitch	Stylize	Row slices that jump and tear	Amount, Rows, Speed	1
Datamosh blocks	Stylize	Blocks that shift and stretch like broken video	Cells, Shift, Stretch, Speed	2
Glass	Stylize	A frosted, refracting pane over what is behind the layer	Refraction, Depth, Dispersion, Frost, Light angle, Light	3
Pixel sort	Stylize	Sorts runs of pixels above a threshold	Threshold, Amount, Speed	1
Metaball	Stylize	Melts shapes together into blobs	Radius, Threshold	1
ASCII	Stylize	Redraws the image as characters	Shape, Cell size, Contrast, Keep color, Ink	6

05Light

Effect	Family	What it does	Basic parameters	Advanced
Vignette	Light	Darkens the corners	Intensity, Size, Softness	2
Bloom	Light	Bright areas glow outward	Threshold, Intensity, Radius	1
Halation	Light	A tinted halo around the brightest areas	Threshold, Intensity, Hue	3
Neon edge	Light	Glowing outline along the edges	Thickness, Glow, Color	3
Radial wipe	Light	Reveals the image clockwise around the center	Progress, Softness	2
Lens flare	Light	A sun with streaks and ghosts	Intensity, Color, Sun X, Sun Y	8

Glass reads what is behind the layer, so it needs something under it to refract. Mouse field follows the pointer over the canvas — move the mouse across the layer to see it work.

Checked against the tool on 2026-09-03.