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Blooming Menu Settings

The Blooming menu is divided into two tabs, each with its own type of blooming effect, which can work independantly, or in combination with each other.

Blooming Tab

Red Colour field
  Displays the amount of red in the effect and in any attached components (based on the colour of the attached light).
Green Colour field
  Displays the amount of green in the effect and in any attached components (based on the colour of the attached light).
Blue Colour field
  Displays the amount of blue in the effect and in any attached components (based on the colour of the attached light).
Colour pot
  Displays the colour of the effect and any attached components (based on the colour of the attached light). Click to change the colour.
  NoteThe same colour settings are also found in the Stamping tab.
Intensity field
  Displays the intensity of the effect (multiplied by the intensity of the attached light).
Threshold field
  Displays the minimum luminance value at which blooming occurs.
Softness X field
  Displays the amount of softness along the X axis of the blooming effect.
Softness Y field
  Displays the amount of softness along the Y axis of the blooming effect.

Stamping Tab

For stamping settings to have any effect, you need to attach one or more texture components to the blooming node. In this case, stamping settings are global for all attached components, and each component texture has its own menu that is specific to the texture.

Red Colour field
  Displays the amount of red in the effect and in any attached components (based on the colour of the attached light).
Green Colour field
  Displays the amount of green in the effect and in any attached components (based on the colour of the attached light).
Blue Colour field
  Displays the amount of blue in the effect and in any attached components (based on the colour of the attached light).
Colour pot
  Displays the colour of the effect and any attached components (based on the colour of the attached light). Click to change the colour.
  NoteThe same colour settings are also found in the Blooming tab.
Stamping Intensity field
  Displays the global stamping intensity of all attached texture components.
Stamping Threshold field
  Displays the minimun value at which stamping occurs for all attached texture components.
Stamping Softness X field
  Displays the softness along the X axis for all attached texture components.
Stamping Softness Y field
  Displays the softness along the Y axis for all attached texture components.
Stamping Attenuation field
  Displays the smoothing level of the blooming effect. Use to fade out regions that have too much blooming.
Texture Mimimum Size field
  Displays the minimum size of all attached texture components.
Texture Scale field
  Displays the size of all attached texture components.
Texture Rotation field
  Displays the level of rotation of all attached texture components.
Texture Ratio field
  Displays the aspect ratio of all attached texture components.
Sampling X field
  Displays the size of the grid along the X axis to affect the number of samples taken to calculate the stamping effect. A higher value yields faster results, but may be less precise.
Sampling Y field
  Displays the size of the grid along the Y axis to affect the number of samples taken to calculate the stamping effect. A higher value yields faster results, but may be less precise.