GlowDarks In the S_Glows Plugin. Areas of the source clip darker than the given threshold are blurred and combined with the input clip to give a deep smoky look. Adjust the Darkness, Width, and Threshold parameters to give different types of looks. Inputs: Source:  The input clip that determines the glow locations and colors. This clip is also used as the background and the glows are layered back onto it.

Parameters:

Width:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scales the glow distance. This and all the width parameters can be adjusted using the Width Widget. Note that a zero glow width still affects the dark areas; set the darkness parameter to zero if you want to pass the Source through unchanged.

Width X:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scales the horizontal glow width. Set to 0 for vertical only.

Width Y:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scales the vertical glow width. Set to 0 for horizontal only.

Subpixel:   Check-box,  Default: off.
Enables glowing by subpixel widths. Use this for smoother animation of the Width parameters.

Darkness:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
The magnitude of the dark glows.

Threshold:   Default: 0.5,  Range: 0 or greater.
Dark glows will be generated from locations in the source clip that are darker than this value. A value of 0.1 causes glows at only the darkest areas. A value of 1.0 causes glows on every non-white area.

Glow Saturation:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scales the saturation of the dark colors. Increase for more intense colors.

Scale Source:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 to 1,  Shared.
Scales the brightness of the Source input when combined with the glows. This does not affect the generation of the glows themselves.

Params2:

Show:   Popup menu,  Default: Result.
Selects the type of output

Result:  Shows the final result of combining the glow, source, and background.

Threshold:  Shows the thresholded image that is used to generate the glow.

See Also:

Glow GlowDist GlowRainbow GlowAura GlowRings GlowOrthicon GlowEdges GlowNoise

GlowDarksMask GlowDarksComp GlowDarksMaskComp

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