> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tessact.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Layer Effects

> Add, order, tune, animate, and remove the effects exposed for a selected layer.

Open **Layer Effects** in the inspector. The add grid contains only effects currently authorable for the selected type.

## Live authoring catalog

| Layer family      | Effects exposed when supported               |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| Text and captions | Typewriter Reveal, Layer Blur                |
| Image, video, GIF | Layer Blur plus supported media post effects |
| Frame             | Layer Blur plus supported media post effects |

Supported media post choices include Vignette, Scan Lines, CRT Curvature, Film Grain, Riso Print, Glitch, RGB Split, Radial Chromatic, Blur, Pixelate, Blueprint Mode, Halftone, Film Dust, and Sparkles.

## Parameter families

* **Progress** reveals text from 0–100%.
* **Softness** and **radius** control blur distances in pixels.
* **Intensity**, **density**, and **grid** are typically 0–100% strengths.
* **Offset**, **separation**, and **size** use pixel distances.

The inspector clamps each value to the effect definition's minimum, maximum, and step. The parameter readout displays its unit.

## Animate a parameter

Use the diamond toggle beside a supported parameter to create its track. Once a track exists, changing the slider at an in-range playhead frame writes or replaces a keyframe at that frame and preserves the existing easing when replacing a point.

## Reorder and disable

Use the up and down controls to change processing order. Disable an effect for a nondestructive A/B review. Removing an effect also removes keyframe tracks addressed to that effect instance, preventing orphaned animation data.

<Warning>
  Effect parameters are addressed by the instance ID, not only the effect kind. Two Blur instances have independent tracks; removing one does not transfer its animation to the other.
</Warning>

See [effect animation](/editor/animation/animatable-properties#effects-and-shadows) and [performance troubleshooting](/editor/troubleshooting/performance).