Edges

Difference of Gaussians

Difference of Gaussians: the base of every pencil look.

Difference of Gaussians: a edges effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Difference of Gaussians in the studio

Controls

radius
The size of detail the two blurs are set apart by. Small finds hairs, large finds shapes
ratio
How much wider the second blur is than the first. Near one the two nearly cancel and only the finest detail is left
gain
Stretches a very small difference across the whole scale, so the threshold below has room to work. Not brightness
threshold
Where between paper and ink the line is drawn. Half the scale means no difference at all
softness
Half-width of the soft band around the threshold. At zero the decision goes hard and the picture becomes two colours
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.
invert
On or off, off by default.
ink
A colour, #ffffff by default.
paper
A colour, #000000 by default.

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