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madphase User Guide

Guides and references for composing, animating, and exporting with madphase.

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<p>Rotate pixels around a centre into a vortex with adjustable radius and strength.</p>
<p>In: <a href="https://help.madphase.app/en/articles/0483747-basic-distort" data-organization-id="6ac66b9bfd1e616dd8fe503a" data-help-center-id="b3hi8c8l2uu7g0uy" data-slug="0483747-basic-distort" data-article-id="0483747" data-locale="en" data-hash="">Basic Distort</a></p>
<h2>Location</h2>
<p>Distortion / Basic Distort / Swirl</p>
<h2>Controls</h2>
<p>Select the layer to edit Swirl in the Effect Panel. Open Parameters below for individual controls.</p>
<h2>Actions</h2>
<p>Double-click a control label to reset it. Use its function button to add keyframes or a driver.</p>
<h2>Parameters</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Control</th><th>What it does</th><th>Default</th><th>Range</th><th>Nudge</th><th>Animation</th></tr></thead><tbody>
<tr><td>Center X</td><td>Horizontal centre point for radial modes.</td><td>0.5</td><td>0 to 1</td><td>0.01</td><td>Continuous keyframes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Center Y</td><td>Vertical centre point for radial modes.</td><td>0.5</td><td>0 to 1</td><td>0.01</td><td>Continuous keyframes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Swirl Angle</td><td>Swirl Angle setting for this effect.</td><td>180</td><td>-1080 to 1080</td><td>1</td><td>Continuous keyframes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Swirl Radius</td><td>Swirl Radius setting for this effect.</td><td>0.8</td><td>0 to 1</td><td>0.01</td><td>Continuous keyframes</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p>madphase 1.4.0</p>

Rotate pixels around a centre into a vortex with adjustable radius and strength.

Swirl

Control	What it does	Default	Range	Nudge	Animation
Center X	Horizontal centre point for radial modes.	0.5	0 to 1	0.01	Continuous keyframes
Center Y	Vertical centre point for radial modes.	0.5	0 to 1	0.01	Continuous keyframes
Swirl Angle	Swirl Angle setting for this effect.	180	-1080 to 1080	1	Continuous keyframes
Swirl Radius	Swirl Radius setting for this effect.	0.8	0 to 1	0.01	Continuous keyframes