> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://animoia.gitbook.io/animoia-docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://animoia.gitbook.io/animoia-docs/effects-reference/generate.md). # Generate Draws new imagery that can be blended over the layer. Every effect below is listed in the sidebar, so you can jump straight to one. Return to [Effects reference](/animoia-docs/effects-reference.md) for stack behavior shared by all effects. ## Fill Creates a new fill graphic that can be combined with the layer. Add it from **Effects > Generate** by double-clicking it or dragging it onto a compatible layer. **Properties** | Name | Control | Visual or audible result | | -------------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Fill Type | Menu | Chooses the visual form fill takes. | | Color | Color | Sets the principal color used by the effect. | | Gradient | Gradient | Edits the colors and their positions, which is what the image’s dark-to-bright tones are recolored with. | | Gradient Start | 2D control | Edits the colors and their positions, which is what the image’s dark-to-bright tones are recolored with. | | Gradient End | 2D control | Edits the colors and their positions, which is what the image’s dark-to-bright tones are recolored with. | | Invert Alpha | Toggle | Turns invert alpha on or off. | ## Grid Creates a new grid graphic that can be combined with the layer. Add it from **Effects > Generate** by double-clicking it or dragging it onto a compatible layer. **Properties** | Name | Control | Visual or audible result | | ------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Anchor | 2D control | Moves anchor in the viewer, changing the placement or direction of grid. | | Size From | Menu | Chooses what sets the cell size: a corner point, the cell width and height, or a fixed number of divisions. | | Corner | 2D control | Sets how sharply or how smoothly the corners turn. | | Width | Number | Changes the horizontal size or thickness of the result. | | Height | Number | Changes the vertical size or thickness of the result. | | Border | Number | Sets how thick the grid lines are drawn. `0` hides them. | | Feather | Number | Softens the edge by blending it gradually into the surrounding image. | | Invert Grid | Toggle | Turns invert grid on or off. | | Color | Color | Sets the principal color used by the effect. | | Opacity | Number | Changes how strongly the effect is visible without changing its shape. | | Blending Mode | Menu | Chooses how the generated grid is combined with the layer beneath it. | ## Fractal Noise Creates a new fractal noise graphic that can be combined with the layer. Add it from **Effects > Generate** by double-clicking it or dragging it onto a compatible layer. **Properties** | Name | Control | Visual or audible result | | ----------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Fractal Type | Menu | Chooses the visual form fractal noise takes. | | Noise Type | Menu | Changes the irregular variation in the fractal noise, from calm and even to visibly scattered. | | Invert | Toggle | Reverses the affected and unaffected areas or swaps light and dark behavior. | | Contrast | Number | Widens or narrows the gap between the light and dark areas. | | Brightness | Number | Makes the affected image or tonal region brighter or darker. | | Overflow | Menu | Chooses what happens to values pushed outside the visible range: clip them, wrap them around, or fold them back. | | Rotation | Number | Rotates the result around its center. | | Scale | Number | Makes the pattern or distortion features larger or smaller. | | Offset Turbulence | 2D control | Moves offset turbulence in the viewer, changing the placement or direction of fractal noise. | | Complexity | Number | Sets how many layers of noise are stacked, adding progressively finer detail to the pattern. | | Sub Influence | Number | Sets how much each finer layer of noise contributes, from a smooth base pattern to a heavily detailed one. | | Evolution | Number | Changes the internal arrangement of the pattern, producing animation without simply moving it. | | Opacity | Number | Changes how strongly the effect is visible without changing its shape. | | Blending Mode | Menu | Chooses how the generated noise is combined with the layer beneath it. | ## Audio Spectrum Draws an animated frequency display along a mask path as bars, a solid wave, dots, or an outline. Add it from **Effects > Generate** by double-clicking it or dragging it onto a compatible layer. **Properties** | Name | Control | Visual or audible result | | --------------------------- | --------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Audio Layer | Layer | Chooses the layer whose sound is analyzed. | | Path | Mask | Chooses the mask on this layer that the spectrum is drawn along. Without one there is nothing to draw on. | | Frequency | Frequency range | Changes how tightly repeated waves, bands, or details are packed. | | Display Style | Menu | Chooses how the analyzed audio is drawn: **Bars** gives one line per band, **Solid Wave** a single filled waveform, **Dots** an animated dot at each band tip, and **Outline** the waveform contour stroked without a fill. | | Frequency bands | Number | Sets how many bands the spectrum is divided into, which is how many bars, dots, or waveform samples get drawn. | | Maximum Height | Number | Sets how far the loudest band reaches away from the path. | | Audio Offset (milliseconds) | Number | Shifts which moment of the audio is read, letting you nudge the display into sync with the sound. | | Average Time (milliseconds) | Number | Averages the audio over a window centered on the current frame instead of reading a single instant, which smooths out the jitter of a fast-moving signal. `0` reads the instant. | | Thickness | Number | Sets how heavy each drawn bar, dot, or stroke is. | | Color | Color | Sets the principal color used by the effect. | | Side Options | Menu | Chooses whether the display is mirrored on both sides of the path or drawn on one side only. | | Duration Averaging | Toggle | Averages the spectrum across the layer’s whole duration instead of tracking it frame by frame, giving a static display of the overall mix. | | Composite On Original | Toggle | Draws the spectrum over the layer’s own image instead of replacing it. | --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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