JavaFX Bloom effect

Bloom effect is used to glow pixels of some of the portions of the scene. It is represented by the class javafx.scene.effect.Bloom. This class contains various properties which can be set to the certain values in order to apply the appropriate effects.

Properties

The properties of the class along with the setter methods are described below.

Property	Description	Setter Method
input	This property is of type effect. It is used to provide an input to the glow effect.	setInput(Effect value)
threshold	This property is of the type double. It is a minimum value for the luminosity of the pixels.	setThresholf(Double value)

Constructors

public Bloom() : Creates a new instance of the Bloom class with the default parameters.
public Bloom(Double Threshold_Value) : creates a new instance of the Bloom class with the specified parameters.

Example:

package application;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.effect.Bloom;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.scene.text.FontPosture;
import javafx.scene.text.FontWeight;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class BloomEffect extends Application{
public static void main(String[] args) {
	launch(args);
}

@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
	// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	Rectangle rect1= new Rectangle(60,50,150,200);
	Rectangle rect2 = new Rectangle(325,50,150,200);
	rect1.setFill(Color.GREEN);
	rect1.setStroke(Color.BLACK);
	rect1.setStrokeWidth(5);
	rect2.setFill(Color.GREEN);
	rect2.setStroke(Color.BLACK);
	rect2.setStrokeWidth(5);
	Text text1 = new Text();
	Text text2 = new Text();
	text1.setText("Effected shape");
	text2.setText("Original shape");
	text1.setX(65);
	text1.setY(300);
	text2.setX(335);
	text2.setY(300);
	text1.setFont(Font.font("Courier 10 Pitch",FontWeight.BOLD,FontPosture.REGULAR,16));
	text2.setFont(Font.font("Courier 10 Pitch",FontWeight.BOLD,FontPosture.REGULAR,16));
	text1.setFill(Color.RED);
	text2.setFill(Color.RED);
	text1.setStroke(Color.BLACK);
	text2.setStroke(Color.BLACK);
	text1.setStrokeWidth(0.2);
	text2.setStrokeWidth(0.2);
	Bloom bloom = new Bloom();
	bloom.setThreshold(0.1);
	rect1.setEffect(bloom);
	Group root = new Group();
	root.getChildren().addAll(rect1,rect2,text1,text2);
	Scene scene = new Scene(root,600,350);
	primaryStage.setScene(scene);
	primaryStage.setTitle("Bloom Effect Example");
	primaryStage.show();
	
	}
}