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- This filter is found in
- <span class="guimenuitem">Image>Filters/Light Effects/Super<span class="accel">N</span>ova</span>.
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- This filter creates a big star reminding a super-nova. It works with RGB and GRAY images. Light
- effect decreases according to 1/r where r is the distance from star center.
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- <span class="term">Center of SuperNova</span>
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- You can use input boxes to set horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) coordinates of SuperNova
- center. You can also click and drag the SuperNova center in <span class="emphasis"><em>preview</em></span>.
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- <span class="guilabel">Show Cursor</span>: This option brings up a reticle in preview, centered on
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- <span class="guilabel">Color</span>: When you click on the color dwell,
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- <span class="guilabel">Radius</span>: This is radius of the SuperNova center (1-100).
- When you increase the value, you increase the number of central white pixels
- according to r*r (1, 4, 9...).
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- <span class="guilabel">Spokes</span>: This is number of rays (1-1024). Each pixel in
- nova center emit
- one pixel wide rays. All these rays are more or less superimposed resulting in this
- glittering effect you get when you move this slider.
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- <span class="guilabel">Random Hue</span>: Colours rays at random. (0-360) value
- seems to be a range in HSV color circle.
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