Plugin Everything Deep Glow creates a physically accurate glow in After Effects using inverse‑square falloff, with GPU acceleration, gamma correction, and HDR support for 8‑, 16‑ and 32‑bpc pipelines.
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About Plugin Everything Deep Glow
Plugin Everything Deep Glow simulates inverse‑square glow falloff, delivering correct results even in non‑linear color spaces through built‑in gamma correction. The plugin supports 8, 16, and 32 bits per channel and includes HDR thresholding with a smoothness control to reduce temporal flicker. It is GPU accelerated, requiring a graphics processor for rendering, but works with integrated GPUs on iMacs and laptops. Controls for downsample, blur quality, glow aspect ratio, spread, chromatic aberration, and unmult for text let users refine the effect. Recent updates add cinematic tonemapping, RGB radius multipliers, lens‑dirt texturing, multicolor tint, and image‑based glow, making it suitable for HUDs, infographics, text, telemetry, CG compositing, and bloom simulation.
Features
- Physically accurate glow using inverse square-based falloff
- GPU acceleration, also compatible with integrated hardware such as iMacs and laptops
- 8, 16, and 32bpc compatible, with HDR thresholding and thresholding smoothness to reduce temporal flicker
- Gamma correction for linear results even in non-linear colorspaces
- Downsample and blur quality controls for faster rendering or grainy, stylized glows
- Compositing controls including glow aspect ratio, glow spread, chromatic aberration, and unmult
- New: cinematic tonemapping, RGB radius multipliers, lens dirt texturing, multicolor tint, and image-based glow
Best for
HUDs, infographics, text, telemetry, CG compositing, and bloom simulation.
Frequently asked questions
Does Plugin Everything Deep Glow work with After Effects 2026?
Yes. Deep Glow lists compatibility with After Effects versions from CS6 through CC releases up to After Effects 2026.
Does Plugin Everything Deep Glow need a GPU?
Yes. The plugin runs most operations on a GPU and is not compatible with CPU‑only render nodes, though it works with integrated graphics on iMacs and laptops.
Does Plugin Everything Deep Glow work in a non-linear color space?
Yes. It includes inverse‑square falloff and built‑in gamma correction to produce correct results in non‑linear color spaces, supporting 8, 16, and 32 bpc.
Is Plugin Everything Deep Glow free?
The catalog marks Deep Glow as free, but licensing terms may change; verify the current license on the developer’s page.
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