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Example of highlights
Another good example of an effect perfect for
Highlight is the creat ion of pixie dust. If you
create a particle system and animate it moving
in a straight line w ith small four-point Highlight
stars applied to each pixel, it will look a lot like
twinkling magic.
The Lens Effec ts High light module is
multi-threaded and wi ll take advantage of
multi-processing machines, m a king it one of, if
not the fastest highlight routines available.
Pr ocedur es
To s ave your highlight s ettings:
You c an save all of your lens highlight settings to a
file, so you can reload them any time. Lens Effects
Highlight settings are saved as
LZH files (page
3–1059)
( .lzh ). Do one of t he following:
• Click the Reset button.
This resets Lens Effects Highlight 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
When you select Lens Effects Hig hli ght from the
Image Filter Event drop-down list and click Setup,
the Highlight dialog is displayed.
The Lens Effects Highlight interface is almost
identical to the Glow module, with a large preview
window, and tabs to control every aspect of your
highlight effects.
Preview group
Preview window—Lets 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.