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Engraving

Copper-plate line engraving — the image is redrawn as flowing line work whose weight swells with darkness, lines displaced by the form like a banknote portrait: a single plate, cross-hatched shadow plates, or one continuous spiral cut

Props

style"line" | "crosshatch" | "spiral"
Default:crosshatch
The engraving cut: a single line plate, cross-hatched plates building up the shadows, or one continuous spiral
frequencynumber
Default:90
Line density — how many engraved lines span the height of the canvas
anglenumber
Default:8
Direction of the base line work (in degrees)
center{x: number, y: number}
Default:{"x":0.5,"y":0.5}
Center the spiral coils outward from
reliefnumber
Default:0.6
How strongly the image brightness displaces the lines — the engraved 'lines climb over the form' effect
wavinessnumber
Default:0.35
Organic meander of the line work, like a hand-pulled burin stroke
contrastnumber
Default:1.15
Tonal contrast applied before the lines are cut — higher pushes mid-tones toward pure line or pure paper
inkColorstring
Default:#1a1410
Color of the engraved ink
paperColorstring
Default:#f4eee2
Paper color shown between the lines

Usage

<Shader>
  <Engraving>
    <Circle />
  </Engraving>
</Shader>