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Post Processing Effects: Bloom - 2019.3

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Introduction
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Adding Bloom to Your Scene
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Bloom gives the illusion of an extremely bright light and is a great way to enhance add visual
ambiance to your Scene.
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1.Introduction
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Bloom gives the illusion of an extremely bright light and is a great way to enhance add visual
ambiance to your Scene.
In High Dynamic Range (HDR) rendering, Bloom affects only areas of brightness above the Low
Dynamic Range (LDR). If using LDR, you’ll want to lower the threshold value or the effect won’t
be visible. With properly exposed HDR scenes, the threshold should be set to 1 so that only pixels
with values above 1 leak into surrounding objects. (Figure 01)
Figure 01: Emissives with bloom enabled above a threshold of 1

2.Adding Bloom to Your Scene

To add Bloom to your Scene, open the Post-process Volume Profile you have in your Project
window.
1. If Bloom is not already in your list, add it by clicking Add Override > Post-processing >
Bloom.
2. Once it’s in the list, make sure it’s enabled and expand the category to reveal the settings
(Figure 02).

Figure 02: Bloom properties

3.Bloom Properties
Bloom has quite a few options to configure. The following are under Bloom and Dirtiness:
Bloom
• Intensity: The strength of the Bloom filter
• Threshold: Filters out pixels under this level of brightness
• Soft Knee: Makes a gradual transition between under/over threshold. 0 is a hard threshold
while 1 is a soft threshold.
• Clamp: This clamps the pixels to control the Bloom amount. The value is in gamma space.
(Figure 03)

Figure 03: Bloom with no clamp and Bloom clamped

• Diffusion: This changes the extent of veiling effects. For the highest quality, make sure your
values are whole integers, as this changes the internal iteration count. Note: It’s advised not
to animate this value, as it may cause small hiccups in the perceived data.
• Anamorphic Ratio: This distorts the Bloom to give an anamorphic look. Negative values
distort vertically while positive values distort horizontally.
• Color: This is the Bloom color.
• Fast Mode: This toggle option lowers the quality of the Bloom to boost performance. It’s
generally recommended for mobile and low-end platforms, but can still give a nice
performance boost even on high-end PCs and consoles.
Dirtiness
• Texture: Applies a fullscreen texture mask to create smudges or dust to diffract the Bloom.
Note: A common way to optimize this feature is to use a lower resolution of a lens dirt
texture.
• Intensity: Adjusts the strength of the texture diffraction on the Bloom filter.
4.Conclusion
The Bloom post-processing effect is a great tool to help fake the imperfections of a real-life camera
lens. It brings your lights to life and makes neon lights really stand out.

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