Effects panel overview

Last updated on 2 Feb 2026

Explore a variety of Effects to elevate and enhance the creative projects.

Texture

Effects	Description
Grain	Gives a vintage or cinematic feel by adding a fine, film-like texture.
Noise	Injects random pixel variation, from subtle grit to harsh static.

Effects	Description
Motion blur	Simulates movement by adding directional streaks.
Bokeh blur	Mimics the shallow depth-of-field blur of real camera lenses, with soft highlights.
Radial blur	Creates circular motion from a center point, like spinning wheels or vortexes.

Effects	Description
Lens distortion	Adds curvature or chromatic fringing to warp the image like a real lens does.
Bloom	Simulates the way bright light scatters and glows in the real world, creating a soft, dreamy glow around intense highlights.

Effects	Description
Glitch	Creates a tech-distorted look through digital distortions such as misalignments, RGB splits, and scan lines.
Dither	Uses scattered pixels to simulate gradients or shades using limited colors.
Halftone	Mimics the dotted shading of vintage printing with black or monochrome dots.
Halftone color	Applies a halftone printing effect separately to each color channel - typically Red, Green, and Blue.
Duotone	Transforms a photo into two colors instead of the full-color spectrum or grayscale.
Tritone	Maps three specific colors onto different tonal (brightness) ranges of an image.
Comic	Provides an illustrated look by simplifying details into clean outlines and flat color areas.
Photocopy	Creates a stencil-like appearance by converting images to pure black and white, with no grays.
Pixelate	Transforms the image into a grid of visible squares, creating a low-resolution aesthetic.
Mosaic	Transforms the image into a pattern of colored cells to mimic the artistic style.

Effects	Description
Twirl	Swirls the image around a central point, creating a spiraling distortion.

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