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Chapter 9 Using the Replicator 773
In the next illustrations, the group that contains the replicator is rasterized. The
rasterization is triggered by setting the Opacity parameter of the group to 90%. The
replicator’s Add blend mode no longer interacts with the group beneath it in the layer
stack. Notice that the group icon for the rasterized group now appears with a frame
around the icon (the icon immediately to the left of the Elements group.
In addition, when a 3D group is rasterized, the group as a whole can no longer
intersect with objects outside of the group. The rasterized 3D group is treated as a
single object and uses layer order, rather than depth order, to composite the project. In
the following illustration on the left, the nonrasterized group that contains the
replicator intersects with an image from another group. In the illustration on the right,
a Gradient Blur filter applied to the replicator group has caused the replicator group to
rasterize. As a result, the replicator no longer intersects with images from another
group.
The Elements group is rasterized, indicated by
the frame around the group icon.
The replicator blend mode no longer interacts
with the group beneath it in the project.
3D replicator before the group is rasterized. The
dolphin image exists in another group that is
interacting with the replicator (appears in the
middle of the box replicator).
Replicator after the group is rasterized. The
replicator no longer intersects with objects
outside its own group. Because the dolphin
image group is below the replicator in the
Layers list, it appears behind the box replicator
in the Canvas.