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Aperture Diffraction (Studio Version Only)
Found in the ResolveFX Light category, Aperture Diffraction models the starburst effect usually seen when shooting bright lights with small apertures, the physical cause of which is light-diffraction on the aperture blades of a lens. This plugin simulates this, with the result being automatically applied to scene highlights that you can isolate and refine, with customizable virtual apertures.
Small regions of brightness exhibit a star pattern glow, as seen in the following image.
(Left) Original image, (Right) Applying Aperture Diffraction
Large regions of brightness exhibit a more even glow with shaping and texture that look like a natural optical effect. It can be used to create a different type of glow effect with a more realistic look in some situations than the Glow plugin, though it’s more processor intensive. In other situations, this plugin opens up many different stylistic possibilities for glowing effects.
(Left) Original image, (Right) Applying Aperture Diffraction
Output
These controls let you choose what image is output by this plugin.
— Select Output: Lets you preview the image with different stages of the Aperture Diffraction effect applied, viewing the
— Isolated Source: Used to help when adjusting the Isolation controls.
— Preview Aperture: Used to help when adjusting the Aperture controls.
— Preview Diffraction Pattern: Shows you the resulting diffraction pattern based on the aperture control settings.
— Diffraction Patterns Alone: Shows you the glow effect that will be applied to the image by itself.
— Final Composite: Shows you the final output of the effect.