Indent

Creates a shiny, bump-mapped effect, giving the appearance of depressed and flat areas in the image.

Canvas showing effect of the Indent filter

Adjust this filter using the parameter controls in the Filters Inspector:

  • Softness: Sets the softness of the transition between flat and raised areas.

  • Brightness: Sets the level of brightness of the image.

  • Ambient: Sets the amount of ambient light hitting the image.

  • Highlight Brightness: Sets the amount of brightness applied to highlights of the image.

  • Highlight Sharpness: Sets the degree of sharpness applied to highlights of the image.

  • Light Rotation: Sets the angle, in degrees, at which the ambient light hits the image.

  • Depth: Sets the amount of depth between flat and raised areas.

  • Height Map: Displays a thumbnail of the height map chosen. If present, the height map is used to determine the flat and raised areas of the layer.

  • Map Channel: Sets the channel from the image used to determine the flat and raised areas of the image. If a height map is present, the channel is selected from the height map. Otherwise, values include Luminance (default), Red, Green, Blue, or Alpha.

  • Stretch To Fit: Sets whether the Height Map is stretched to fit the dimensions of the filtered layer.

  • Height Map X Scale: Sets the scaling used to determine the width of the Height Map. This parameter becomes available when the Stretch To Fit checkbox is deselected.

  • Height Map Y Scale: Sets the scaling used to determine the height of the Height Map. This parameter becomes available when the Stretch To Fit checkbox is deselected.

  • Height Map X Offset: Sets the amount of offset used to position the Height Map horizontally. This parameter becomes available when the Stretch To Fit checkbox is deselected.

  • Height Map Y Offset: Sets the amount of offset used to position the Height Map vertically. This parameter becomes available when the Stretch To Fit checkbox is deselected.

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