Linear Sinusoid is a filters that I use "often" for mask, halftone, whatnot...
2 quick examples (not the best examples, but you got the thing)



You will find it in Filters > Render > Pattern > Linear Sinusoid...

It's very rare that people speaks about this filter, I suppose with a name like this, some people get scared and don't even try it.

Anyway this filter generate a black and white "pattern", and the possibilities are so huge, that I thought it could become a "game" for us to show what this Linear Sinusoid filter can do and show us your creativity

If you want to participate, I only ask that you screenshot the pattern with the filter itself, so readers can see the settings and reproduce that pattern

Without any-further do, let's start

Moiré effect, two layers with top one in "Darken only" mode, same setting applied twice with just a little rotation change between the two.

Cool guys . Will have a look later

Very nice Ofnuts, visually disturbing like feeling it moves (thus like moiré patterns), that's excellent!


, thanks Sallyanne

A grid of dots


Diagonal teeth or spikes

Diagonal teeth/spikes example(created directly on the mask, thus you see the final result before clicking OK):

BTW I only moved sliders until I liked it.
Will try some more later.

Here are 2 more
Started with a white canvas

Started this one with a plasma canvas - haven't ben able to do this one again Ah! checked last used in presets

How about some ribbed tubing



Example with some gradient overlays and an image of flowers underneath the wave.
Kinda psychedelic. Like a tie dye design on a t-shirt.



And with text.

Some fun with a random displace map



Forum is lava, same as above but with polar displacement, slight Gaussian blur, and gradient map with "Incandescent":

Cool Lava !

With Whirl & Pinch + Bump Map:

Looks creamy