Spherise Filter

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Intro

Map an input Shape onto a sphere that can be rotated.

Photo by NASA

Aspect Ratio

For best results, the Shape being filtered should have dimensions with an aspect ratio of 2:1.

UI

Settings

Common Attributes +

Sampling Quality - Controls how the image is sampled/interpolated. The options can be thought of as low to high quality from top to bottom and can be useful when working with fine details like text.

• Nearest Neighbour – Uses the closest pixel without blending.
• Bilinear – Blends between nearby pixels for smoother results. Good for general image scaling but can introduce a softness/blur.
• Catmull–Rom – A high-quality resampling method that produces sharper results and preserves fine detail.
• Mitchell – Balanced high-quality filtering.

Centre - Set the position of the sphere.

Radius - Set the radius of the sphere as a percentage of the Shape's size.

Visibility - Determine which sides of the sphere are visible when using images that contain transparency:

• Both - Show both the front and the back of the sphere.
• Front - Show only the font of the sphere.
• Back - Show only the back of the sphere.

Rotation - Rotate the sphere around its X, Y or Z axis in degrees.

Lighting

Enable Lighting - Enable diffuse lighting on the sphere's surface.

Light Position - Set the 3D position of the light source.

Light Intensity - Set the brightness of the light source.

Light Color - Set the color of the light source.

Ambient Strength - Set the amount of ambient light (base illumination).

Ambient Color - Set the color of the ambient light.

Specular Strength - Set the intensity of the specular highlights.

Specular Color - Set the color of the specular highlights.

Shininess - Set the size and sharpness of the specular highlights. Higher values will create smaller, sharper highlights.

Use as Bump Map - When checked, the Shape's material is used as a bump map to add surface detail lighting.

Bump Map Strength - Increase/decrease the affect the bump map has on the surface lighting.

Enable Self Shadowing - When checked, shadows are added to the back of the sphere.

Shadow Intensity - Determine how dark the shadowed areas become.

Shadow Softness - Determine the softness of the shadow's transition from dark to light.

Back Exposure - Set the brightness of the back/interior surfaces of the sphere.