Repeater
The Repeater group creates multiple copies of the stroke. Use it for motion trails, echoes, offset duplicates, stepped 3D strokes, fading repeats, or color-shifted copies.
For values of 2 or more, Total Copies includes the original stroke. A value of 3 means the original plus 2 repeated copies. A value of 1 activates the single-copy preview behavior described below.
Controls
Total Copies
Total Copies
Total Copies sets the total number of strokes produced by the repeater.
For values of 2 or more, the original stroke is copy 0. Repeated copies are copy 1, copy 2, and so on. Per-copy style and transform changes are cumulative, so later copies receive stronger changes than earlier copies.
The original draws on top of repeated copies by default, which makes motion trails sit behind the current stroke.
When Total Copies is 1, Thicc Pro shows one modified stroke as a preview of copy 1 instead of showing the untouched copy 0.
Path Offset Interval (sec)
Path Offset Interval
Path Offset Interval controls when each repeated copy samples its source path. If your source path is static, Path Offset Interval has no effect.
Negative value
Later copies sample earlier times
0
All copies use the current path
Positive value
Later copies sample future times
Use negative values for trails that follow animation. Use positive values for lead-in echoes. Use 0 when you want repeated style or transform copies without time-offset path sampling.
The interval is measured in seconds, so it behaves consistently if you change the composition framerate.
When Total Copies is 1, the visible stroke is sampled once at the specified interval from the current time.
Width %
Width %
Width % multiplies stroke width for each repeated copy.
A value below 100% makes each later copy thinner. A value above 100% makes each later copy thicker. The change compounds by copy number, so 80% produces 80%, 64%, 51.2%, and so on.
This modifies the base stroke width before Width Control Mode maps its width curve over the path.
Opacity %
Opacity %
Opacity % multiplies opacity for each repeated copy.
A value below 100% creates a fading trail. For example, 90% gives copy 1 90% opacity, copy 2 81%, copy 3 72.9%, and so on.
This stacks with Master Opacity and gradient stop opacity. The original stroke keeps the normal opacity from the Color & Opacity group.
Transform
Transform
The Transform sub-group offsets, rotates, and scales repeated copies.
Position X, Position Y
Moves each copy in 2D screen space
Position Z
Moves each copy in depth for Sphere (3D)
Rotation X, Rotation Y, Rotation Z
Rotates each copy around the transform origin
Scale X, Scale Y, Scale Z
Scales each copy around the transform origin
Origin X, Origin Y
Offsets the composition-center origin for normal paths or sets the world-space origin for light motion paths
Origin Z
Sets the depth of the transform origin
Transform values are cumulative. If Position X is 20, copy 1 moves 20 pixels, copy 2 moves 40 pixels, copy 3 moves 60 pixels, and so on. Scale compounds by percentage, so 90% gets progressively smaller across copies.
For masks, shapes, and text, Thicc Pro starts with the composition center as the transform origin, then adds Origin X and Origin Y as offsets. Origin Z sets its depth.
For light motion paths, Origin X, Origin Y, and Origin Z define the origin directly in world space.
Interactions
Single-Copy Preview
When Enable Repeater is checked and Total Copies is 1, Thicc Pro renders only the copy 1 result. It does not also draw the untouched original.
The visible stroke receives one increment of every per-copy setting:
Path Offset Interval (sec)is applied onceWidth %,Width +/-, andOpacity %are applied onceHue ShiftandGradient Cycleare applied oncePosition, rotation, and scale transforms are applied once
This is useful for previewing or animating the first repeater step before adding more copies.
Draw Order
Repeated copies are inserted behind the original stroke. This makes the current stroke draw on top of its trail.
For the copy-index calculation and the sequence used with multiple source paths, see Repeater order with multiple paths.
Trim Paths
Trim Paths is applied after repeater copies are collected, so repeated copies are trimmed too.
With Trim Multiple Paths set to Simultaneously, Trim Time Offset (sec) staggers across all paths, including repeater copies. Increasing Total Copies can therefore change the apparent trim timing across the full set of paths.
For an illustrated explanation of the processing sequence, see Trim Paths with repeater copies.
Dashes
Dashes are applied after repeater copies are collected, so repeated copies are dashed too.
If Width Scope or Gradient Scope is set to Individual Dashes, each dash segment receives its own width curve or gradient inside every copy.
Width Scope and Gradient Scope
Scope modes treat repeated copies as additional paths.
Multiple Paths
Width or color spans all repeated paths plus the original
Individual Paths
Width or color restarts on each copied path
Individual Trims
Width or color restarts on each trim segment
Individual Dashes
Width or color restarts on each dash segment
Path Sources
Path Offset Interval (sec) resamples the active path source at each copy's time. This works with masks, shape paths, text outlines, and light motion paths.
Animated text or shape content can produce a different number of paths at different time offsets. Thicc Pro handles this naturally; copies do not need to contain the same path count as the original.
When Pen Shape is Sphere (3D) and a Parent Layer is used, the parent layer transform is sampled per copy at the same time offset as that copy's path.
Interface Conditionals
Enable Repeater
Enable Repeater is unchecked
Repeater controls are disabled
Enable Repeater is checked
Repeater controls are enabled
Total Copies is 1
Only the copy 1 result is rendered; copy 0 is not also drawn
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