## Effects Modes

The plugins, by default, work in the basic mode, and apply the effect using the settings and that is that (in the case of a grain plugin, the end result will be a grain / noise modified image).

Using the effects mode dropdown, the plugin effect can be used as a source for additional effects such as a blur or smear or paint effect. The effect is generated and then applied to the image as a 'blur' or 'smear', moving the pixels a certain distance or combining pixels to a certain distance based on the grain effect.

The effect can be controlled using the effect mode slider.

To display both slider and the mode dropdown, click the advanced button

There are a number of modes such as smear / sepia / tone etc and they can result in totally different end results.

The mode slider's impact varies the strength of the effect. In the case of the basic mode, the image will be brighter or darker. In the case of shifts, the image will be shifted more or less distance from the original position of the pixel and so on.

You might have to modify the slider to 'tone' down the effect. A setting of 100 for the shift extreme will generally result in an extreme image and better results might be obtained setting the slider to 10 or 20. In the case of the smear sliders, 10 or 20 will result in no little change in the image; the basic mode image will be very dark. A large setting for a blur will generally result in a slow response but more blur

Use the effect slider and mode dropdown to create a near infinite range of images. You might like to experiment with different settings. The blend mode and the color sliders are applied after the effect mode.