Shader Idea

[BrandonC]

It's like asking to make a 3D world with a 2D engine. It's not really possible but you can create something similar.

That's why I've updated the pack with the "bloom2D" FX.

True, but consider Parallaxing. One will defend to the death, saying that parallaxing is only possible in a 3D environment. However we use that term to describe "depth" in background layers, in 2D games.

[BrandonC]

It's like asking to make a 3D world with a 2D engine. It's not really possible but you can create something similar.

That's why I've updated the pack with the "bloom2D" FX.

From the looks of it, this pixel shader allows you to make glows within the object, but it doesn't bloom outside of the object. You really can't call it blooming, without that.

[xyzzy]

i think you're supposed to use that shader on layers

i don't have any good images to test that with, though

EDIT: ...or i could use the first image in the first post

[Sphax]

BrandonC, have you read what I've wrote ?

Bloom2D exactly do what Nifflas described.

Currently the objects can't bloom the other objects if the shader is applied to them because currently MMF2 don't allow to get the background pixel. but you can apply this shader to a layer and all the objects will bloom each other.

As Nifflas said, it could be nice to be able to apply a shader to the whole screen (all layers).

[BrandonC]

This is nice. However, maybe you could add a "Bleed" pixelshader or something, as to allow us to do something to the effect of, glow around the object, however... the glow should be the same color as the surrounding pixels. Rather then making up your own glow color.