GlowDarksMask In the S_GlowsMask 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. This is similar to GlowDarks but here the glow effect is scaled by the Mask input. 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. Mask:  The source glow colors are scaled by this input. A monochrome Mask can be used to choose a subset of Source areas that will generate glows. A color Mask can be used to selectively adjust the glow colors in different regions. The Mask is applied to the source before the glows are generated so it will not clip the resulting glows.

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.

Invert Mask:   Check-box,  Default: off,  Shared.
If enabled, inverts the mask input so the effect is applied to areas where the Mask is black instead of white.

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:

GlowMask GlowDistMask GlowRainbowMask GlowAuraMask GlowRingsMask GlowOrthiconMask GlowEdgesMask GlowNoiseMask

GlowDarks GlowDarksComp GlowDarksMaskComp

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