Diffusion: Supplement

In anime, a considerable amount of diffusion filter is added to the scene to soften the drawing. I had made a tutorial for reproducing this effect before, but it was dull and difficult to understand, so I'm doing a supplementary one.

Last time the process was complicated, but this time the glow is much simpler. You can also skip steps by setting the screen blur to multiply (although this will make the whole thing bright).

Pre-diffusion original

After applying the diffusion filter

For comparison, a version with just the glow.

This filter only takes a minute.

Screen

Normal

Multiply

Duplicate (Multiply)

Duplicate (lighten)

Lighten

Original

Multiply

Screen

Lighten

Take a copy of the blended original and multiplied layers and set it to screen.

Extra: Gradation (addition) + 0.5px blur + Diffusion Filter + Star Effect (addition)

Extra: Gradation (addition) + 0.5px blur + Diffusion Filter + Star Effect (addition)