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Applying Blobs

The Blobs effect creates a pattern similar to oil floating on water. The effect distorts

underlying image as if it were liquid and places blobs, that are based on color, clipboard

content, or a pattern, on the image.

You can use one of three sources to fill in the blobs. You can produce blobs that look like

bubbles by creating a circular selection that’s shaded like a sphere, and then copying it

to the Clipboard.

Before (left) and after (right) applying a Blob effect created from Clipboard contents.

A Blob effect created from the current color source.

Blobs create a nice basis for the Apply Marbling effect because they create interesting

color patterns. You may want to apply this effect to your original image before Apply

Marbling. For more information, see “Applying Marbling” on page 590.

To apply a blob effect

1 Perform an action from the following table:

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