NEW IN CONTINUUM 2022, the BCC+ Channel Blur filter allows for the bluring of an image with options to control the level of blurring independently over each RGBA color channel in the filtered source. This filter is GPU accelerated for smooth and speedy results.
Presets and the FX Editor
To select from a selection of factory installed and user-generated presets, open the FX Editor interface and pick one from the Presets window.
Filter Parameters
GPU Rendering: allows for the selection of GPU or CPU software rendering.
- Default: Uses the GPU to render the effect.
- 16 bit float
- 32 bit float
- Disabled: disables GPU rendering and allows for CPU software rendering.
Blur Quality: Selects the style of the blur and the overall quality of the effect
- Box: the fastest option but with the least smooth result,
- Pyramid: offers the performance boost of a box but with some of the smoothness that approaches a gaussian. This is the default setting for the filter.
- Pyramid Smoother: an extra smoothing pass over a standard Pyramid and closer to the look of a gaussian.
- Gaussian: the smoothest result but not quite as fast as the other options.
Blur: Adjusts the main blur amount.
Blur X: increases the blur amount along the horizontal axis.
Blur Y: increases the blur amount along the vertical axis.
Blur Red: controls the blur amount in the red color channel.
Blur Green: controls the blur amount in the green color channel.
Blur Blue: controls the blur amount in the blue color channel.
Blur Alpha: controls the blur amount in the alpha channel.
Edge Mode: used to control the look of the edge of the blurred result.
- Transparent: allows the edge of the result to become transparent.
- Repeat: repeats edge pixels to generate opaque pixels along the edge of the result.
- Reflect: reflects pixels back into the result to generate opaque pixels along the edge of the result.
Mix with Original: blends the source and filtered images. Use this parameter to animate the effect from the unfiltered to the filtered image without adjusting other settings, or to reduce the effect of the filter by mixing it with the source image.
PixelChooser:The BCC PixelChooser provides simple, built-in masking of the effect result. The PixelChooser is generally used to select a portion of the image and restrict an effect to just the selected area while maintaining the original image content in unselected regions. The selection can be based on geometric shapes or on the image’s luma/color properties.
For more information on the PixelChooser, Click Here.
Working with The Filter
- Apply BCC+ Channel Blur from the Blur unit.
- Click the BCC FX Editor button. The FX Editor user interface opens and consists of Presets, Parameters and Viewer windows.
- Try out some of the presets.
- Adjust the Blur Amount.
- Adjust the values of the red, green and/or blue blur.
- Click the Apply button to return to the host application.
The values of the parameter adjustments in the FX Editor user interface are transferred to your host application.