Geometry

Depth slices

The picture cut into tonal sheets and pulled apart in depth.

Depth slices: a geometry effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Depth slices in the studio

Controls

levels
How many sheets — which is also how many tonal steps, since each step gets one sheet and there is no other way to part them
gap
How far apart the sheets stand. At zero they lie in one plane and the picture reassembles itself
front
Which end of the tonal scale comes towards you: light or dark. Two answers to what counts as the foreground
tilt
How steeply you look at the stack. Nearly flat on, the sheets almost line back up into the picture
turn
A number from -60 to 60, 14 by default.

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