Creates a comic book rendition of the source image.
Effect Parameters
Presets
Presets contain a snapshot of the plug-in parameters. The Presets control lets you choose among one of the presets built into the plug-in, save current parameter values to a preset file, or load an existing preset file from disk.
A preset file saved to disk via the "Save As" button can be loaded from another instance of the same plug-in by clicking the "Open" button. Presets generated in one host can also be loaded from the same plug-in when used in a different host.
Center
The center of the halftone pattern used to simulate the comic book appearance.
Width
The width of the dots in the halftone pattern.
Angle
The angle of the dots in the halftone pattern.
Levels
The number of color levels in the source image that will be used to generate the output image via a posterization process.
Contours
The intensity of the black contours.
Shadows
The intensity of the darker areas.
Brightness
The brightness adjustment applied to the image.
Saturation
The saturation adjustment applied to the image.
Sharpness
The sharpness of the halftone screen pattern.
Exposure
The exposure adjustment applied to the image.
Gray Component: Remove
Controls whether the color separation process should substitute amounts of simulated cyan, yellow and magenta inks with pure black, to generate darker colors.
Gray Component: Amount
The amount of simulated cyan, yellow and magenta inks substitued with pure black, whenever those inks are simply contributing to the overall darkness of the image.
Correct for Aspect Ratio
Scales the image to its natural display aspect ratio before the effect is applied. This parameter guarantees that geometric features in the effect appear undistorted when the footage is viewed at its display aspect ratio.
This parameter should be enabled for most footage whose display aspect ratio differs from the native aspect ratio of the codec, e.g. NTSC DV frames recorded at 720x480 pixels and displayed at 4:3 (640x480 pixels), or HDV frames recorded at 1440x1080 and displayed at 16:9 (1920x1080 pixels).
Disable this option if you have already taken steps to adjust the frame aspect ratio and/or notice that this parameter is causing unwanted distortion in your footage rather than preventing it.