by Chromelabs·VFX
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Glare stands out in the superhive library for bundling bloom, lens flare, streaks and other glow modules into a single addon that works in both Cycles and EEVEE.
✨ Glare is a Blender addon from Chromelabs that adds glow and lens flare effects to your renders in real time, across both Cycles and EEVEE. With one click the effect is added to the end of your compositing setup without needing to open the compositor. If you prefer a modular workflow, you can still insert your own nodes before or after.
The addon covers a wide range of modules: Bloom for soft glow around bright areas, Glare for star-like lens artifacts, Streaks for directional light streaks, Reflect for subtle reflections, Chromatic for colored fringes via RGB offset, Ghosts for lens flare–like effects from the frame center, Rays for volumetric light shafts, Shimmer for moving flicker, and Fog for a moving atmosphere texture. Custom textures such as lens dirt, bokeh or scratches can be imported, with three textures included. Vignette, Threshold and a set of Color Controls round out the toolset, with over 100 settings in total.
A Render Pass feature can automatically set up a transparent pass, letting you make adjustments and add backgrounds in post-processing apps like After Effects, DaVinci or Photoshop.
✨ Glare is best for blender artists using Cycles or EEVEE who want to add bloom, lens flare and related glow effects to their renders.
✨ Glare is completely free to download and use.
✨ Glare lists compatibility with Blender versions 4.2 through 5.1, and is available as a Blender Extension. It works with both the Cycles and EEVEE render engines, and its effects can be viewed in real time in the viewport as well as in final renders. If you are running a Blender version within that range, check the developer's documentation for the current install steps and any additional setup notes before adding it to your project.
✨ Glare adds its effect to the end of your compositing setup with one click, without needing to open the compositor. If you prefer a modular workflow, you can still insert your own nodes before or after the effect. The recommended workflow is to activate the addon with default values, set up your lighting and materials first, then set the overall strength using Global Power before tweaking individual modules with their own power controls.
✨ Glare includes a Render Pass feature that automatically sets up a transparent pass. This lets you make adjustments and add backgrounds in post-processing apps such as After Effects, DaVinci or Photoshop. You follow the steps shown in the addon to prepare your render, and if there are no warnings it is ready to go. Refer to the documentation for the detailed procedure on preparing your render for use in external applications.
✨ Glare is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing and distribution terms can change over time, so for the current details it is best to check the developer's page directly. Chromelabs also maintains documentation and a Discord support channel where you can raise issues or suggestions. The addon is a Dev Fund Contributor and is distributed as a Blender Extension, so confirm the latest terms on the official listing before downloading.
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