GreatGlare: Blender Glow/Bloom and Dirty Lens Effect

This is a bloom/glare/glow post-process effect for Blender’s compositor. The download includes 2 types of bloom:

• a photographic bloom with a dirty lens effect
• a toon-style bloom

PhotoBloom Effect with Dirty Lens On

ToonBloom Effect (Bloom Radius Is Affected by Light Brightness)

NodeGroups’ Settings

ToonBloom

GreatGlare has a toon-style bloom effect, which makes hard-edged (or soft) halos glow around bright objects.

ToonBloom on "Test Image 1.exr"

With ToonBloom, the bloom radius grows with increasing brightness:

ToonBloom on "Test Image 2.exr" (Bloom Radius Is Affected by Light Brightness)

PhotoBloom: Tail Setting

Customize your bloom aesthetic with the “tail” slider.

The tail setting of the PhotoBloom node controls the bloom effect’s falloff curve.

What You Get

• PhotoBloom Node
• ToonBloom Node
• 2 Dirty Lens Images (3000×2000 PNG)
• 2 Test Images (EXR format)