BLUEGRADE

Creative effects

Make an expressive departure from a straight photograph.

Diffusion

Combine highlight glow with a light blur for a soft, luminous surface.

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Motion

Smear detail along a direction to suggest movement in a still image. The treatment affects the photograph as a whole; it is not a subject-tracking blur.

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Prism

Separate color channels along an axis, creating colored offsets at edges. This is a graphic color-fringing effect.

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VHS

Combine subtle color displacement, directional softness and scanlines for a tape-inspired still-image effect.

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Zoom

Stretch detail outward around a chosen center, creating a radial sense of movement.

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Echo

Overlay a displaced version of the image to create a doubled, ghost-like outline.

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Soft focus

Blend a broader blur into the image for an intentionally softened result.

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Pixel

Reduce detail into visible square blocks for a digital, graphic texture.

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Halftone

Turn tonal detail into a dot-screen pattern inspired by printed graphics.

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Dust

Add an irregular scatter of marks as a separate creative layer. Dust is distinct from the more continuous texture of Grain.

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