Use the Grid effect to create a customizable grid. Render this grid in a solid color or as a mask in the alpha channel of the source layer. This effect is good for generating design elements and mattes within which other effects can be applied.

This effect works with 8-bpc color.

Use Grid with the Advanced Lightning effect to create lightning forks that follow a grid pattern.

Anchor

The point of origin of the grid pattern. Moving this point offsets the pattern.

Size From

How the dimensions of the rectangles are determined:

Corner Point

Each rectangle’s dimensions are those of the rectangle with opposite corners defined by the Anchor and Corner points.

Width Slider

A rectangle’s height and width are equal to the Width value, meaning that the rectangles are squares.

Width & Height Sliders

A rectangle’s height is equal to the Height value. A rectangle’s width is equal to the Width value.

Border

The thickness of the grid lines. A value of 0 causes the grid to disappear.

Note: The anti-aliasing of the grid borders may cause the visible thickness to vary.

Feather

The softness of the grid.

Invert Grid

Inverts the transparent and opaque areas of the grid.

Color

The color of the grid.

Opacity

The opacity of the grid.

Blending Mode

The blending mode to use to composite the grid on top of the original layer. These blending modes work identically to the ones in the Timeline panel, except for the default None mode, which renders the grid only.