GlowOrthiconMask In the S_GlowsMask Plugin. The source clip is darkened at areas around parts of the source clip that are brighter than the given threshold, to give an 'orthicon' or 'dark glow' look. This is similar to GlowOrthicon but here the glow effect is scaled by the Mask input. Inputs: Source:  The input clip that determines the locations to be darkened. 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:

Darks Width:   Default: 0.2,  Range: 0 or greater.
Scales the dark glow distance. This and all the width parameters can be adjusted using the Width Widget.

Protect Width:   Default: 0.1,  Range: 0 or greater.
The distance around the bright areas that is protected from darkening. This should normally be less than the value of Darks Width.

Protect Amount:   Default: 1,  Range: 0 or greater.
The amount that the bright areas are protected from darkening.

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.
Scales the amount of darkening.

Color:   Default rgb: [0 0 0].
Scales the color of the glows. The colors and brightnesses of the glows are also affected by the Source input.

Threshold Add Color:   Default rgb: [0 0 0].
This can be used to raise the threshold on a specific color and thereby reduce the glows generated on areas of the source clip containing that color.

Threshold:   Default: 0.7,  Range: 0 or greater.
Darkening will occur around locations in the source clip that are brighter than this value. A value of 0.9 causes dark glows from only the brightest spots. A value of 0 causes glows for every non-black area.

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 GlowDarksMask GlowEdgesMask GlowNoiseMask

GlowOrthicon GlowOrthiconComp GlowOrthiconMaskComp

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