ReferenceEffectsLight and lens
Light sweep
A band of light passing over the picture now and then, as over glass or metal.
- Kind
- Effect · Light and lens
- Script name
sweep
Settings
| Setting | Kind | Starts at | Range and notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Colourcolour | colour and alpha | #ffffffb3 | – |
Widthwidth | number | 12% | 1% to 50% |
Angleangle | number | 30° | -180 to 180° |
Speedspeed | number | 0.5× | 0.05 to 3×Sweeps a second |
Pausegap | number | 1 s | 0 to 10 sBetween one sweep and the next |
What every effect has
Every effect in a stack can be turned off, has an Amount and can be limited to part of the layer with a mask. They're listed on the effects page, and Effects and masks shows how to use them.
Notes from the community
Written by creators and checked by the docs' editors. Not part of Motion's official reference.