MANUAL / EFFECTS

Torn Edges

Tears a layer's edge like paper, with jagged roughness, fibres and a paper-colored rim.

Torn Edges replaces the layer's edge with a torn-paper line: a large wandering shape, fine jaggies on top, hair-like fibres sticking out and a rim of paper color along the tear.

Parameters

NameWhat it doesDefault / range
AffectEdge Only tears along the edge; Entire Layer also tears holes through the layer.Edge Only
Shape AmountHow deep the torn line wanders into the layer, px.14, 0–500
Shape ScaleLength of the tear's big waves along the edge, %. 100 ≈ 80 px.100, 1–2000
Shape ComplexityLayers of finer wander in the big shape.3, 1–10
EvolutionDegrees. Animate it and the tear boils; a full turn is a fresh tear.0
Random SeedA different tear and different fibres.0, 0–10000
Roughness AmountHow far the fine jaggies reach in and out of the torn line, px.2.5, 0–100
Roughness ScaleSize of the fine jaggies, %. 100 ≈ 5 px.100, 1–2000
Roughness ComplexityLayers of finer jaggies.3, 1–10
Fiber DensityHow many hair-like fibres stick out of the tear.0.6, 0–1
Fiber LengthHow far the fibres stick out, px.8, 0–100
Fiber OpacityHow solid the fibres are.0.75, 0–1
Rim WidthA band of Rim Color along the new edge, px. 0 = no rim; large enough and it fills the layer.5, 0–2000
Rim ColorColor of the rim band.Off-white paper (0.96, 0.93, 0.86)
Rim RandomnessHow much the rim's width varies along the edge. 0 = even, 1 = wide in places and almost none in others.0.8, 0–1
Rim Random SeedA different pattern of wide and narrow rim.0, 0–10000