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Preset

Soft Diffusion

Gentle diffusion with bloom and curves for editorial softness, without an invert sandwich.

Diffusion filters and soft boxes have long been used to open skin and product highlights without crushing contrast. This stack uses blur and bloom in the normal tonal direction, then curves for shape.

It keeps the polish of an editorial finish while avoiding inverted Levels tricks.

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Properties

  • Gaussian Blur

    Enabled layer in this preset.

    Values
    strength: 3.2; aspect: 0; opacity: 0.55; blendMode: 0

  • Bloom

    Enabled layer in this preset.

    Values
    threshold: 0.48; intensity: 1.85; knee: 0.42; bloom_factor: 0.72; blend_mode: 0; tonemapper: 0

  • Levels

    Enabled layer in this preset.

    Values
    input_levels: 0.05, 0.96; midpoint: 1.08; output_levels: 0.02, 1; affect_luma_only: 1

  • Curves

    Enabled layer in this preset.

    Values
    curve_apply_mode: 0; d_curve: 0; d_curve_r: 1; d_curve_g: 1; d_curve_b: 1

Command line

Requires Rethings Pro. Install the tool from Rethings → Install Command Line Tool… 

rethings apply --preset soft-diffusion -i input.jpg -o output.png

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