Wave shifts the pixels in a defined wave pattern. Its parameters are:

  • type (sine, triangle, or square)
  • number of generators,
  • wavelength (min and max)
  • amplitude (min and max)
  • scale (horizontal and vertical)
  • what to do with the undefined areas (wrap around or repeat edge pixels).

Wave works on 8 Bit, 16 Bit, 32 Bit, RGB, grayscale, CMYK, and Multichannel images, and Smart Objects. This filter launches another window with options.

Wave is part of Adobe Photoshop’s Extended Filters.

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