It's sort of like doodling to keep clicking on the Make Design button and watch the design change. I can stop creating new designs at this point and start manipulating this design further, or I can keep clicking the Make Design button until I find a basic design I like better as a design starting point. Let's say I like this design well enough to want to manipulate it further. That is when the fun really begins. To see the full potential of my design in Creative Impulse , I want to start applying Effects.
Effects are what the program calls various distortions that one can apply to the basic design.
These effects all have names descriptive of what they do, but it takes a lot of practice before you can predict what the resulting effect will look like when applied to a design. The program encourages playing and experimentation because it has an Undo button. Some of the possible Effects are Kaleidoscope, Circle, Vertical Twist Linear, Vertical Twist Steps and Horizontal Twist Smile. There are about 30 different Effects possible. Multiple Effects can be applied to a single basic design.