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Question by jeromeboe · Oct 20, 2016 at 01:16 PM · uilayoutimage effectsglow

Add glow effect around UI Layout

I have a simple white Layout above a pink background and I just want to add a glow effect around this white layout :

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This is the properties of my layout :

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Do you know how to achieve this ?

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Answer by Naphier · Oct 21, 2016 at 03:16 AM

Easiest way is to make an image for the glow. Just in photoshop add outer glow. Forget what it's called in GIMP, but I'm sure there is similar.

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I added a sliced Image and it works well. Thx.

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Good to hear. 9-slice would be the way to go! Please accept this as the answer. Thanks!

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Answer by iMagesBlues · Oct 21, 2016 at 09:52 AM

A quick but semi-expensive solution is to add an Outline component in your graphics. Then use the Blur/Quick Blur image effect from Unity Standard assets. You may need to render it in a different camera though.

Advantages - you can control the size, color, amount of the blur just in the inspector. You can also use other sprites as well, other than a white rectangle. Disadvantages - image effects uses more resources to render.

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The outline component is pretty awful, maybe with the quick blur it's not so bad... $$anonymous$$uch easier to simply design your images correctly.

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