Highlight Node

T-HFND-010-009C

The Highlight node lets you brighten an image's area to simulate a light source. For this effect, you will need to create a matte to determine the shape and position of the highlight on a separate element, so that you can blur the edges to create a softer effect. By adjusting the Highlight properties, you can control the type and amount of blur, as well as the colour of the Highlight effect.

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To learn more about using the Highlight node, see Using the Highlight Effect.

Refer to the following example to connect this effect:

Properties

Parameter	Description
Enable/Disable	Enables or disables the selected node in the Camera, Timeline, and Node views.
Colour Swatch	Changes the node and layer colour.
Name	Use this field to rename the node.
Truck Factor	Activated by default, this option readjusts the blur when the elements undergo a change of depth or scale. When disabled, the effect's values will remain unchanged regardless of depth or scale changes. It is recommended that this option be disabled when multiple drawings are composited and attached this effect.
Blur Type	Radial: The edges of the matte are blurred evenly around points that make up the edge of the matte. Directional: The matte is blurred in the direction you select.
Radius	Enter a value for the size of the blur. The larger the value, the greater the blur effect. The blur radius is affected by the drawing scale and camera position.
Directional Angle	If you selected the Directional Blur type, you can set the direction of the blur by entering a value from 0 to 360 in this field. 0: Blurs the image to the west. 90: Blurs the image to the south. 180: Blurs the image to the east. 270: Blurs the image to the north.
Directional Falloff Rate	The distance where the blur fades from the edge of the image. Select a value between 0 and 1. 0: Makes the blur fade out slowly, distributing the blur evenly from the edge of the character to the farthest edge of the blur. 1: Makes the blur fade out quickly. The blur is heaviest closer to the edge of the image.
Invert Matte	Inverts the matte used to create the tone, shadow, or highlight.
Use Matte/Source Colour	Creates the shadow or tone using the matte shape's colour. Be sure that you are in render mode to see this effect and that your background is NOT white and that you do NOT have a white colour card node attached to the composite. As the matte only gives colour information, but no alpha, the matte is automatically multiplied with the background colours. If there is no colour card attached and the background appears black, you will see the matte colour at full opacity. If it is multiplied with a white background, the colours disappear into the full 255.
Multiplicative	Multiplies the tone or shadow colours with the background.
Colour
RGBA	Enter a value to add or subtract from the colour channels in the drawings or attach these values to function curves.
Colour Swatch	Opens the Colour Picker where you can specify the colour.
Intensity	Lets you set a value to determine the strength of the effect or attach a function to animate the effect.

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