Scan Lines Filter

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Intro

The Scan Lines Filter can be used to mimic the effect of a CRT monitor.

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UI

Scan Lines

Use Scan Lines Resolution - When checked, the image is sampled along the centre of each scan line and the result used to set each scan line's colour across its height.

Line Count - Set the total number of scan lines to divide the shape into.

Line Width - Set the width of each scan line as a percentage.

Line Feather - Feather or blur each scan line by setting a percentage of the gap between scan line.

Line Opacity - Set the opacity of the scan line.

Line Color - Set the color for the scan lines.

Line Rotation - Set a rotation value for the scan lines.

Interlace Frame Interval - Set how many frames each interlace step

Brightness Boost - Increase the brightness of the resulting image.

Shadow Mask

A shadow mask is used in CRT televisions to ensure the beams accurately hit the screen to ensure the resulting picture is not blurred.

Use Shadow Mask - Enable the shadow mask.

Use Shadow Opacity - Increase/ decrease the opacity of the shadow mask.

Shadow Mask Scale - Increase/ decrease the size of the shadow mask. The shadow mask is a 3x3 grid of RGB plus 1 row of black so increasing the scale to 2 will create a 6x6 grid of RGB plus 1 row of black.

Red Channel - Set a color to define the 'red' channel.

Green Channel - Set a color to define the 'green' channel.

Blue Channel - Set a color to define the 'blue' channel.