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The Shatter (explode) path effect applied to a sample shape
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Shatter (explode)

Blow a shape apart into flying shards for an impact graphic, a broken window in a comic frame or a dispersion effect on a poster.

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Parameters3 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 3 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Shards3 to 48, default 16
  2. Force0 to 200, default 50
  3. Seed0 to 999, default 1

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