BCC Emboss

Category: BCC Stylize

Effect Name: BCC Emboss

The BCC Emboss filter, part of the BCC Stylize category, simulates the appearance of an embossed or raised image by converting the source to a solid color and lighting the edges in the source’s luma channel.

Working with the Filter

Presets and Common Controls

• BCC filters come with a library of factory installed presets plus the ability to create your own custom presets and preview them with the BCC FX Browser™.
• BCC filters also include common controls that configure global effect preferences and other host-specific effect settings.

For more information about working with presets and other common controls, Click Here.

Effect Controls

Mocha Mask and Track

Continuum effects include integrated masking and matte tools that allow you to restrict the effect to specific regions of the image.

• Mocha masks: used to create custom spline masks. Mocha also includes Matte Assist ML and Matte Refine ML, which use machine learning to generate and track masks.
• Pixel Chooser: used to generate geometric shapes, gradients, or mattes based on channel, luma, or color-based selections. Additionally, an AI depth map generator, and an AI-powered face detection model allow for precise control of masks and mattes.

For more information, see Mocha and Pixel Chooser.

Compare Mode

The Compare Mode is used to view the filtered result alongside the original source layer. Several split-screen and side-by-side display options are available.

For more information, see Compare Mode.

• Emboss Channel: Selects the channel in the image to emboss.
• Alpha: The alpha channel is embossed.
• Luma: The luma channel is embossed.
• Red: The red channel is embossed.
• Green: The green channel is embossed.
• Blue: The blue channel is embossed.
• Pixel Chooser: The region defined in the Pixel Chooser is embossed.
• Direction: Sets the angle between the beam of light and the vertical axis.
• Intensity: Sets the brightness of the effect.
• Pre Blur: Sets the amount of blur applied to the image before edge detection is performed and the image is embossed. Higher values produce more blur, which tends to reduce the amount of detail and noise in the filtered image.
• Highlight Color: Sets the color of the highlight areas.
• Shadow Color: Sets the color of the shadow areas.
• Highlight Balance: Sets the balance of highlight and shadow areas in the effect. Increasing positive values add more highlights and brighten the image. Decreasing negative values add more shadows and darken the effect.
• Reduce Flicker: Reduces flicker in the rendered image. The only way to evaluate a deflicker setting is to render and play back the effect on an NTSC monitor.
• 1-2-1: Mixes each pixel with the pixels above and below it, with the input pixel getting twice the weight as the ones above and below. For After Effects users, this works the same as applying the AE Reduce Flicker filter at a setting of 0.5.
• 2-3-2: Provides more softening than 1-2-1.
• 1-1-1: Provides the most softening for effects that still contain flicker with the above options.
• Off: No deflickering will be done.
• Apply Mode: Determines how the filter is composited over the source image.
• Apply Mix: Determines the mix of the specified Apply Mode with the Normal apply mode. If the Apply Mode is Normal, Apply Mix has no affect. If Apply Mix is 0, Apply Mode has no affect. Increase Apply Mix to blend the Apply Mode setting with the Normal apply mode.
• 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.