S_Mosaic Generates a pixelated version of the source clip. Adjust the size and shape of the blocks using the Pixel Frequency and Pixel Rel Height parameters. Increase the Smooth Colors parameter to cause the colors of nearby pixel blocks to be more consistent, and less flickery over time. In the Sapphire Stylize effects submenu. Inputs: Source:  The clip to be processed. Mask:  Optional.   If provided, the effect is applied only at Source areas specified by this input. For gray values in the mask, the pixel blocks are mixed with the original source such that the blocks fade but remain whole. This input can be affected using the Blur Mask, Invert Mask, or Mask Use parameters.

Parameters:

Pixel Frequency:   Default: 40,  Range: 1 or greater.
The frequency of the pixel blocks. Increase for more numerous, smaller pixels.

Pixel Rel Height:   Default: 1,  Range: 0.01 or greater.
The relative height of the pixel blocks. Increase for taller blocks, decrease for wider ones.

Pixel Shift:   X & Y,   Default: [0 0],  Range: any.
The translation of the pixel pattern.

Smooth Colors:   Default: 0,  Range: 0 or greater.
Blurs the source before pixelating. Increase to cause the colors of nearby pixel blocks to be more consistent, and less flickery over time.

Blur Mask:   Default: 0,  Range: 0 or greater.
Blurs the Mask input by this amount before using. This can provide a smoother transition between the masked and unmasked areas. It has no effect unless the Mask input is provided.

Invert Mask:   Check-box,  Default: off.
If on, inverts the mask input so the effect is applied to areas where the Mask is black instead of white. This has no effect unless the Mask input is provided.

Mask Use:   Popup menu,  Default: Luma.
Determines how the Mask input channels are used to make a monochrome mask.

Luma:  the luminance of the RGB channels is used.

Alpha:  only the Alpha channel is used.

Crop Input Parameters:   Default: 0,  Range: 0 or greater.
These 4 parameters, Crop Top, Crop Bottom, Crop Left, and Crop Right, allow selecting a rectangular subsection of the input image to be processed. If the Wrap parameters are set to "No" the exposed borders will be transparent. If the Wrap is "Tile" or "Reflect" the source image is wrapped on the new cropped borders to fill the frame. This can make it easier to avoid artifacts due to distorting an image with bad edges.

See Also:

AutoPaint Sketch HalfTone HalfToneColor Etching ScanLines FlysEyeHex JpegDamage

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