GlowEdgesMask In the S_GlowsMask Plugin. Glows are created from the edges of the source clip. This is similar to GlowEdges but here the glow colors are scaled by the Mask input. Inputs: Source:  Edges are extracted from this input clip to determine the glow locations. 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: 0.1,  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 enhances the bright areas; set the brightness parameter to zero if you want to pass the Source through unchanged.

Width Red:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scales the red glow width. If the red, green, and blue widths are equal, the glow colors be uniform with distance. If they are not equal, the glows will vary in color with distance.

Width Green:   Default: 1.2,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scales the green glow width.

Width Blue:   Default: 1.4,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scales the blue glow width.

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.

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.

Edges Smooth:   Default: 0,  Range: 0 or greater.
Determines the width of the extracted edges which generate the glows.

Edges Brightness:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scales the brightness of the edges before the glows are applied.

Edges Threshold:   Default: 0,  Range: 0 or greater.
Increase to remove glows on the less sharp edges.

Glow Brightness:   Default: 2,  Range: 0 or greater.
Controls the overall glow brightness. Set to zero to get no glow.

Color:   Default rgb: [1 1 1].
Scales the color of the glows.

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.

Eclipse With Bg:   Default: 0,  Range: 0 to 1,  Shared.
If this is set to 1, the background is subtracted from the glow and gives an eclipsed shadow effect.

Params2:

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

RESULT:  Normally the glows are combined with the source or background, and output.

EDGES:  The edge image only is output, before any glows are applied. This can be helpful while adjusting the various edge parameters.

Combine:   Popup menu,  Default: Screen.
Determines how the glow is combined with the Source or Background. This parameter has no effect if Light BG is set to 1.

Mult:  the source or background is multiplied by the glow.

Add:  the glow is added to the source or background.

Screen:  the glow is blended with the source or background using a screen operation.

Difference:  the result is the difference between the glow and the source or background.

Overlay:  the glow is combined with the source or background using an overlay function.

See Also:

GlowMask GlowDistMask GlowRainbowMask GlowAuraMask GlowRingsMask GlowDarksMask GlowOrthiconMask GlowNoiseMask

GlowEdges GlowEdgesComp GlowEdgesMaskComp

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