Glow Effect

Drop in your photos and choose how they glow. The before-and-after curtain on the image shows the original and the result.

Four kinds of glow

• Soft glow on highlights. Lamps, windows, sun and reflections get a gentle halo, like film or cinema. The brightness threshold controls which areas start to glow.
• Orton effect. The whole frame turns dreamy: the sharp photo is blended with its own lighter, blurred copy. The technique is named after photographer Michael Orton, who created it on film from two slides, and it works well on landscapes and portraits.
• Neon outline around a person. A glowing line traces the figure. A neural network finds the person in the photo: it loads once, about 3.5 MB.
• Starbursts on highlights. Rays appear on the brightest points, like fairy lights or glints on water.

Color

By default the glow takes its color from the photo itself. You can pick warm, cool, pink, or any custom color. For the neon outline, the default is blue neon instead of the photo's own colors.