Outline

Turns the image into an edge drawing: brightness edges in Ink on Paper with a subtle pulse; Amount blends with the original.

Group: Lines & Engraving · How to add an effect

Outline on the dancer on a dark stage: the original on the left, Outline at its default settings on the right — Left: the original. Right: Outline at its default settings, one frame of its movement.

A short page made from the editor’s effect catalog: what the effect does and its controls. Tips and its node setup will follow.

Controls

Control	Range	Default
Mix
Amount	0 to 1	0.75
Color
Ink	a colour	`#111827`
Paper	a colour	`#f8fafc`
Motion
Speed	0 to 5	1

Styles: the Style menu in the effect card switches to another look of the same engine. Controls you changed keep their values and keyframes when the new look has the same control, also under another name; the others start at the new look’s defaults. Looks of Lines & Engraving: Contour Map, Crosshatch, Drift Lines, Vector Engraving, Wave Lines. Further looks under Lens & Distort (4), Pixel & Mosaic (2), Print & Halftone (8), Textile & Craft (3), Analog & Glitch (4), 3D & Particles (1).

Technical details

Outline is one look of the pattern engine; its looks share one node setup. It changes over time: its picture depends on the playback time or on earlier frames. How effects are stored, rendered and exported: Effect system. Its building blocks: Node Catalog.