Optics

Diffusion

A diffusion filter: light is moved, not added.

Diffusion: a optics effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Diffusion in the studio

Controls

scatter
What share of the light is scattered. Not a blur strength: the light in the halo is taken out of the direct image
radius
How far the scattered light travels from where it started
absorb
Two different filters. At zero the shadows lift and the frame goes milky; at one the particles swallow that light and blacks stay black
quality
How many blur passes are stacked. One leaves a hard step at the edge of the halo, three a soft falloff
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.

Starting points

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