BCC Glow Alpha Edges

Category: BCC Stylize

Effect Name: BCC Glow Alpha Edges

The BCC Glow Alpha Edges filter, part of the BCC Stylize category, applies a glow that adheres closely to the contours of the image clip’s alpha channel or mask. This filter is designed for use with masks or images that have an alpha 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.

Beat Reactor

The Beat Reactor is an audio-driven animation system that links effect parameters to an audio track. This allows visual effects to react dynamically to sound without manual key-framing.

For more information, see Beat Reactor Documentation.

• Width: Sets the width of the stroke or glow that is generated.
• Softness: Sets the amount of generated glow that is soft. Higher values create softer edges.
• Smoothness: Determines the amount of post blur that is applied to the generated glow. Increasing this value makes the glow appear more blurred.
• Apply Mode: Determines how the glow is applied to the image. The default is set to Under so that the glow does not obscure the image clip. The Glow Alpha Edges filter includes three additional Apply Mode parameters, None, Under and Over.
• None: Renders the glow and ignores the underlying image.
• Under: Renders the glow under the underlying image.
• Over: Renders the glow over the underlying image.
• Color: Sets the color of the glow. The default value is white.
• 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 affect of the filter by mixing it with the source image. At a value of 0, the image is unaffected by the filter.
• 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.