Multistep Blur
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Creates a realistic glow for objects of complicated shape.
The three pictures below show the result of applying the conventional Glow with the Glow Size = 20 and 200 along with the result of the MultistepBlur with the BlurSize = 5..200 which is merged over the source picture in the "Add" mode.
You can see that the small-sized Glow creates a narrow shine just around the bolt itself and doesn't affect the environment, whilst the large-sized Glow only creates a wide and smooth spot around the boldest parts of the bolt.
The MultistepBlur, however, adds shine which begins from the bolt and gradually decays at a distance.
Main Inputs
The following inputs appear on the tool's tile in the Flow Editor:
- Input
- Source image. Required.
- Effect Mask
- Defines the areas where the effect is applied. Optional.
Controls Tab
Slider control. The width of the first blur step.
Slider control. The width of the last blur step.
Slider control. The number of blur steps. The greater the number the smoother the effect, but the processing time is longer.
Slider control. Shifts the steps towards/outwards the original object.
Slider control. Blends between the source image and the result.
Color control. The tint (multiplier) for the first step.
Color control. The tint (multiplier) for the last step.
MultistepBlur_Example.comp - an example of using the Multistep Blur fuse.
Lighting.jpg - the source picture for the example composition.
Idea by Gregory Chalenko, programming by Roman Fedotov and Stefan Ihringer.
Based on the FuseBlur.Fuse by Isaac Guenard.
Development History and Discussion on PigsFly
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