I'm looking for the name of a gfx post-processing effect

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Mischief Maker
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I'm looking for the name of a gfx post-processing effect

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What's the name of that effect that puts a faint lightening around the edges of active objects in a detailed world for increased visibility?

You can really see it around the tips of the plane wings in this footage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dpdzmzf1Nw

Does anyone know the name of that post processing effect?
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Re: I'm looking for the name of a gfx post-processing effect

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Halo: https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-Halo.html

Note that in photography, halos are a sign of poor post-processing and are avoided.
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Re: I'm looking for the name of a gfx post-processing effect

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Thanks!
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Re: I'm looking for the name of a gfx post-processing effect

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Also known as silhouette lighting.

Simplest implementation is some constant/color times dot product between surface normal and eye vector. Something like that.
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