Drip

Drip simulates liquid trickling from the bottom of a selection and, optionally, melts the original selection. Drips flow from the bottom of the selection like paint dribbles. Image features stretch along the path of the drips. By tweaking melt features, you can liquefy the entire selection.

### Drip Tab

Drip Length

Controls the average distance that drips run from the bottom of the selection.

Width

Controls the average thickness of each drip. High values reduce the number of drips in your selection.

Density

Controls the number of drips falling from your selection. High values add more drips.

Left to right: Increasing Density.

Taper

Thins the area between the bottom of the selection and the drip’s teardrop end. Low values look like liquid running down a wall. High values look like drops falling from the bottom of the selection.

Left to right: Increasing Taper.

Dribble

Controls the irregularity of the drip edges. High values make uneven edges and separate the drip from the selection.

Left to right: Increasing Dribble.

Random Seed

Controls the random elements of this filter. Click it until you get a result you like.

### Melt Tab

Melt Length

Controls how much the entire selection is stretched downwards in wavy distortions.

Left to right: Increasing Melt Length.

Ripple Width

Controls the average width of the distortions in the selection. If you go too small, you’ll get speckles. In small selections, a value too large might result in little visible distortion.

Pooling

Controls how much the affected area sags toward the bottom of the selection. High values compress the selection downward.

Left to Right: Increased pooling.

### Lighting Tab

Direction

Controls the direction from which the light falls on the surface. Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the direction, or enter a value between 0 and 360 degrees.

Inclination

Controls the angle formed by the light and the page. Click and drag within the lighting control box to change the inclination, or enter a value between 0 and 90 degrees.

Highlight Brightness

Controls the intensity of the shiny highlights appearing on the surface.

Highlight Size

Controls the size of the shiny highlights on areas facing the light; higher values yield larger highlights.

Highlight Color

Choose any color for the shiny highlights. For more information on color selection, see Color Selection Tools.

Shadow Strength

Controls the shadow darkness. Higher values render darker shadows.

Shadow Color

Choose any color for the shadows. For more information on color selection, see Color Selection Tools.

Lighting Coverage

Controls how far the shiny highlights climb up the dribbles.

Left to right: Increasing Lighting Coverage adds three dimensionality to the drips.