Diffuse Glow - v1.1,  © 2004 Richard Rosenman Advertising & Design. Release date: 03/10/03, Updated 06/04/03.


INSTALLATION:

Simply unzip "diffglow.zip" and copy "diffglow.8bf" to your "\Photoshop\Plug-Ins\" folder, or whichever plugin folder your host program uses. Load your program, open an image, go to the plugins menu and select the plugin.


DESCRIPTION:


This filter produces diffused glows.

Threshold: This slider controls the tolerance for selection.
Any pixels brighter than the threshold will be selected for glowing.

Radius: This slider controls the size of the glow.
Low numbers are recommended for strong glows while higher numbers for softer ones.

Intensity: This slider controls the strength (in percent) of the glow.
0 produces no glow, 100 maximum glow.

Selection: This variable specifies the method in which intensity is calculated for selecting.
(R+G+B)/3: Red, Green and Blue are added together and then averaged.
Red, Green & Blue: The intensity is derived from the respective color channel.
XYZITU, XYZ709, XYZ601-1: The intensity is derived from the respective grayscale conversion.
(R+G)/2: The intensity is derived from the Red and Green channels averaged.
(G+B)/2: The intensity is derived from the Green and Blue channels averaged.
(B+R)/2: The intensity is derived from the Blue and Red channels averaged.

Diffusion: This specifies the type of diffusion to use.
Box Blur: This is a faster blur, but begins looking 'boxy' at higher values.
Gaussian Blur: This is a slower but cleaner blur, especially at higher values.

Display: Displays the full output effect, the selection only, or the diffused only.
This is useful for working with the isolated effect.

Output: Controls which channels to output.
This is useful for colored glows. 

Realtime: Applies all effects (in realtime) on 'mouse drag' instead of on 'mouse release'.


KNOWN BUGS:

None.


FIXES:

1.1 - Added Realtime display option.
1.1 - Recompiled with updated compiler.


HOMEPAGE:

http://www.richardrosenman.com
