### 11.9. Softglow

#### 11.9.1. Overview

Figure 17.227. Example for the “Softglow” filter

Original image

Filter applied

This filter lights the image with a soft glow, like the old trick smearing vaseline on the lens. Softglow produces this effect by making bright areas of the image brighter.

#### 11.9.2. Activating the Filter

This filter is found in the main menu under Filters → Artistic → Softglow….

#### 11.9.3. Options

Figure 17.228. “Softglow” filter options

Presets, “Input Type”, Clipping, Blending Options, Preview, Merge filter, Split view

  | Note
  These options are described in Section 2, “Common Features”.

Glow radius

  The glow radius parameter controls the sharpness of the effect, giving a "vaseline-on-the-lens" effect.

Brightness

  The brightness parameter controls the degree of intensification applied to image highlights.

Sharpness

  The sharpness parameter controls how defined or alternatively diffuse the glow effect should be.

11.8. Simple Linear Iterative Clustering (SLIC) |  | 11.10. Waterpixels

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