# Lens Flare

Streak · ghosts · starburst

Point a lens at a bright light and it bounces between the pieces of glass inside. You get a streak, a chain of colored ghosts and a starburst from the iris. Lens Flare builds all of them from the brightest parts of your picture.

## Controls

### Flare

- **Amount** (hero knob, 0 to 100, rests at 60). The hero. How bright the whole flare is.
- **Threshold** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 60). How bright a light must be to flare. Lower and more of the picture joins in.

### Streak

- **Streak color** (Select: Blue / Warm / Neutral). The streak's color. **Blue** is the anamorphic classic, **Warm** is amber, **Neutral** stays close to the light's own color.
- **Streak** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 50). How strong the horizontal streak through each light is.
- **Length** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 60). How far the streak reaches.

### Ghosts

- **Count** (Select: 3 / 5 / 8). How many ghosts. 3, 5 or 8.
- **Ghosts** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 40). How bright the ghost reflections are. Each one takes its own color.
- **Spread** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 50). How far apart the ghosts sit along their line through the middle.
- **Chroma** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 50). Splits each ghost into red and blue edges, like uncoated glass.

### Starburst

- **Blades** (Select: 5 / 6 / 8 / 12). How many iris blades, so how many spikes in the starburst. 5, 6, 8 or 12.
- **Starburst** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 20). How bright the starburst is.
- **Rotate** (Knob, 0° to 60°, rests at 0°). Turns the starburst.

### Glass

- **Halo ring** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 20). A halo ring, the big circular reflection you get when a light sits near the middle of the frame.
- **Ring size** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 50). How big the ring is.
- **Dirt** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 0). Smudges and specks on the front glass that light up around bright parts.
- **Dirt scale** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 50). The size of the smudges. Higher packs in more, smaller ones.
- **Fringe** (Knob, 0 to 100, rests at 0). Color fringing that grows toward the edges of the frame, red one way and blue the other.

## Presets

- **Anamorphic Blue**: A long blue streak through every hot light, faint ghosts.
- **Sun Burst**: Six-blade starburst, ghosts and a halo ring, like shooting into the sun.
- **Dirty Lens**: Smudges and specks on the glass that light up around bright things.
- **Vintage Ghosts**: A chain of colored ghost reflections.
- **Cheap Glass**: Color fringing at the edges and a warm glow.