Checkerboard (formerly Checker)

The Checkerboard effect creates a checkerboard pattern.


A matching color produces a subtle effect (center); using red with high Width and low Height settings (right) creates a striped effect.

Adjust the following controls for the Checkerboard effect:

Anchor

Specifies the point of origin, or anchor point, of the Checkerboard pattern. Moving the anchor point offsets the pattern.

Size From

Specifies how the effect defines the size of the squares. Choose one of the following options from the menu:

• Corner Point specifies that the spatial relationship between the corner point and anchor point controls determines the checkerboard size.
• Width Slider specifies that the Width value determines the checkerboard pattern size and shape. The individual checkered shape remains square because the Width value determines both width and height of the checkers.
• Width & Height Sliders specifies that the Width and Height values determine the checkerboard pattern size and shape. Choose this option to set the width and height of the checkered shapes independently.

Corner

Specifies the spatial relationship between the corner point and the anchor point. The effect uses the position of these two points to define the size of the checkerboard pattern if you choose Corner Point in the Size From menu.

Width

Specifies the horizontal width of the checkerboard pattern. If you choose Width Slider in the Size From menu, this value determines both the width and height of the checkerboard pattern. If you choose Width & Height Sliders in the Size From menu, this value determines the width only.

Height

Determines the vertical height of the checkerboard squares when you choose Width & Height Sliders in the Size From menu.

Feather

Specifies the size of the edge feather of the checkerboard pattern. Expand this control to reveal the Width and Height sliders. Set Width and Height values independently, or set them both to the same value for a uniform feather.

Color

Specifies the color of one set of the checkerboard squares. The other set of squares is always transparent.

Opacity

Specifies the transparency of the checkerboard pattern.

Blending Mode

Specifies the blending mode the effect uses to create an interaction between the checkerboard pattern and the original layer. All of these blending modes work identically to the ones in the Timeline window, except the default None mode, which renders the checkerboard pattern only.