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Tornado and wave

warning

Both of those effects are only available to TVPaint Professional users.

Tornado​

We will take advantage of this image which show clouds to study the Tornado effect.

Have you ever noticed how a whirlpool behaves in a washbasin for example? The Tornado effect produces the same kind of effect, distorting the image or the image sequence.

  • You will need to define a Center and a Radius (which can be locked with FX Stack keyframes if needed…).
  • The Angle parameter allows you to define the power of the applied distortion.
  • When using FX Stack keyframes, the Rotation parameter reflects the number of complete rotations to be carried out before arriving at the chosen angle.

Wave​

This effect imitates water waves, as if a rock was thrown into water. (look at the images below).

  • The Center parameter defines the center of the effect, the position where the rock hits the water.
  • The Radius parameter defines the maximal distance the waves will go.
  • The Wave parameter defines the number of visible waves.
  • The Amplitude parameter defines the maximum height of the waves.
  • The Angle and Rotation permit to animate the waves in time.
tip

Once again, these parameters can be partly adjusted in the project window through the H.U.D.