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380 Chapter 19: Video Post-Production
Glow Filter
Video Post toolbar > Add Image Filter Event > Choose
Lens Effects Glow from Filter Plug-In l ist. > Setup
The Lens Effects Glow dialog lets you add a
glowing aura around any assigned object. For
example, for an exploding particle system, adding
a glow to the par ticles makes them seem as though
they are brighter and hotter.
The Lens Effects Glow module is multi-threaded
and will ta ke advantage of multi-processing
machines.
Pr ocedur es
To s av e y ou r glow se tti ngs, do on e of the f oll owing:
You c an save all of your lens glow settings to a file,
so you can reload them any time. Lens Effects
Glow settings are saved to
LZG files (page 3–1059)
(
.lzg
).
Click the Reset button.
This resets Lens Effects Glow to its default
settings.
•ClicktheLoadbutton.
This displays a Windows-standard file open
dialog from which you can select the settings
file you want to load.
ClicktheSavebutton.
This displays a Windows-standard Save As
dialog in which you specify a directory and
filename.
Interfa ce
The Lens Effects Glow dia log contains a preview
w indow, and an area below to control the
parameters of Glow.
Preview group
Preview windowLets you quickly preview the
glow effect. The preview window is multi-threaded
to take advantage of systems with multiprocessors,
and updates every time you make a change to any
of the glow settings that might affect the scene.
Prev iew—Displays a generic scene to which you
can quickly set up a Glow effect. Appears light
green when selected.
V P Queue—Lets you preview the scene in the Video
Post queue. Preview must be selected for the VP
Queue function to work.