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Lens Flare Menu Settings

The Lens Flare Object menu lets you control settings for the complete lens flare effect. Each component texture attached to a lens flare object also has its own menu that is specific to the component.

Basics Tab

Position X field
  Displays the screen space position along the X axis of the Lens Flare pivot point.
Position Y field
  Displays the screen space position along the Y axis of the Lens Flare pivot point.
Position Z field
  Displays the screen space position along the Z axis of the Lens Flare pivot point.
Red Colour field
  Displays the amount of red in attached flare components (based on the colour of the attached light).
Green Colour field
  Displays the amount of green in attached flare components (based on the colour of the attached light).
Blue Colour field
  Displays the amount of blue in attached flare components (based on the colour of the attached light).
Flare Colour pot
  Displays the colour of the attached flare components (based on the colour of the attached light). Click to change the colour.
Global Intensity field
  Displays the intensity of the attached flare components (multiplied by the intensity of the attached light).
Global Scale field
  Displays the scale of the attached flare components.
Global Position field
  Displays the position of attached flare components in relation to the light (0%) and pivot point (100%).
Hue Shift field
  Displays the RGB offset applied to the edges of attached flare components.
Spread field
  Displays the amount of refractive distortion applied to the edges of attached flare components.

Occlusion Tab

Occlusion curve
  Displays the occlusion profile of the lens flare. Use to set the behaviour of the lens flare components when behind other objects in the scene.
Occluder Size field
  Displays the size of fade in/out of occluded lens flare components.
Z Threshold field
  Displays the transparency value at which objects start occluding the flare.
Home button
  Resets the bevel curve viewer to show the whole curve.
Undo button
  Undoes bevel curve operations.
Reset button
  Resets the bevel curve.

Border FX Tab

Use the Border FX settings to control how the lens flare behaves when it reaches the borders of your image. A visual representation of the inner and outer borders, as well as the pivot area is displayed in the menu.

Border Gain field
  Displays the amount of gain to apply to the attached lens flare components when the light reaches the defined border.
Inner Interpolation box
  Select an interpolation type to define the transition between the border gain and the inner border.
Outer Extrapolation box
  Select an extrapolation type to define the transition between the border gain and the outer border.
Pivot Gain field
  Displays the amount of gain to apply to the attached lens flare components when the light reaches the defined pivot area.
Pivot Interpolation box
  Select an interpolation type to define the transition between the pivot gain and the pivot point.
Border Mode box
  Select whether Border FX settings are applied vertically, horizontally, or in both directions.
Inner Border Margin field
  Displays the position of the inner border.
Outer Border Margin field
  Displays the position of the outer border.
Pivot Radius field
  Displays the radius of the pivot point.

#### Topics in this section

- Component Menu Settings