5.6. Kaleidoscope

5.6. Kaleidoscope
	5. Distort Filters

5.6.1. Overview

Figure 17.68. Example for the “Kaleidoscope” filter

Original image

Filter “Kaleidoscope” applied with the following adjusted settings: mirror rotation 25.0, Zoom 20.0.

This filter creates a kaleidoscope by mirroring and adjusting the original image through several parameters.

5.6.2. Activating the filter

You can find this filter through Filters → Distorts → Kaleidoscope….

5.6.3. Options

Figure 17.69. “Kaleidoscope” filter options

Presets, “Input Type”, Clipping, Blending Options, Preview, Split view

	Note
	These options are described in Section 2, “Common Features”.

Mirror rotation

The rotation applied to the mirrored copies of the image.

Result rotation

The rotation applied to the output image.

Mirrors

The number or mirrored copies of the image to use.

Offset X, Offset Y

Horizontal and vertical position of symmetry center in the output image. The arrow button can be used to pick a location from the current image. The chain button can be used to enable or disable forcing the same values for Offset X and Offset Y.

Center X, Center Y

X axis and Y axis ratio for the center of mirroring.

Trim X, Trim Y

X axis and Y axis ratio for trimming mirror expanse.

Zoom

Scale factor to adjust the rendering size.

Expand

It is unclear what the exact effect of this is. It also seems to be relating to scaling.

Clip result to input size

If enabled, clips the mirrored result to the input size.

Wrap input

If enabled, fills the entire output area.