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The Secondary Glow controls add additional halation characteristics.
— Strength: Controls the brightness of the secondary glow.
— Gamma: Controls how the glow spreads out.
— Spread: Defines the extent of the glow around bright detail.
— Filter: Limits the color of the glow in the selected color.
Basic Grain
These controls are a subset of the Film Grain effect for quick grain settings. If you prefer, you can add an instance of the full Film Grain effect after the Halation effect on the same node for greater detail.
— Append Gain internally: Turns on the simplified grain control.
— Strength: Adds grain to the halation layer.
— Size: Controls the size of the grains in the halation layer.
— Softness: Softens the grain texture.
— Saturation: Applies saturation on the grain.
Global Adjustments
— View Glow Alone: This checkbox shows the Halation effect alone before it’s added to the frame. This is a useful setting to turn on when modifying any of the above tools.
The View Glow Alone checkbox shows you only the Halation effect in isolation and not blended with the underlying image.
— Reduce Highlights: Reduces the effect where it will brighten the scene without contributing to the halo. This essentially confines the halo to the edges of a region without blowing out the region itself.
— Aspect Ratio: Stretch or squeeze the glow and grain horizontally for anamorphic projects.
— Detail Loss: Removes sharp detail that the film stock should not have captured by defocusing the image under the effect.