bloom effect

Redphoenix — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:34:54 +0200

This is a simpel layer effect for creating light bloom. It blurs bright parts of an image to create the effect of the human eye looking into strong light.

For using with several image types here some general advices for tweeking the parameters:

-For images with one strong light source use a high radius, an average blackout and a high brightness value.
-For images with several light sources use average blackout, average brightness and low radius.
-For images with only few lights (or bright parts, reflections etc.) use average radius, low blackout and low radius
-For images with a lot of bright parts that are no lights (e.g. sky, white walls or sth. similar) use high blackout, average brightness and average radius

Bloom

WWWWolf — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:01:35 +0200

Python-Fu script to apply light bloom effect on an image. Simply put, this script will make shiny parts of the image even shinier and makes the light creep over the edges of darker objects, sort of like what usually happens when you take a photo against the light. The script will create a flattened copy of the image, and add a layer of light on top of it. You can play with the growth settings in the script and the layer opacity and mode to achieve certain effects. Suggested modes are Soft Light, which creates a very subtle effect, and Hard Light, which creates a stylish, exaggeratedly shiny effect.