Interface> Elements of Light controls

This area shows all of the light elements currently added to your light effect. By default, KLF Photo displays a Stripe, a Spike Ball, and a Circle Spread in the Current Flare List. From this starting point, you can add, modify, reorder or delete these elements to create your own effect.

Most of the time, you will start with a pre-made combination of elements from the Preset list, then change their properties and appearance using the Elements of Light and Element Parameters sections.

The Elements of Light controls.

Current Flare List

This list shows the Elements that are active. Elements are added to the List with the Elements pop-up and Add button. Elements are removed with the contextual menu's Delete option.

Visibility checkbox

The checkbox next to each element name will turn on/off the use of that element. The element stays present in your flare but is not visible until you reactivate its checkbox. This function is useful for working on copies of an element or comparing two or more elements with different parameter values.

Elements pop-up

You can quickly generate new light effects by clicking on the Elements pop-up and selecting a new element type. Select the element by clicking on its name. This highlights the name of the element, and makes any specific parameters of that element appear in the Element Parameters section. Read about each light element on the Summary of Elements page.

The 19 element options in the Elements pop-up.

Add button

Once an element is selected in the Elements pop-up, click the Add button to add it to the Current Flare List. You can add up to 100 elements to any single effect. That's pretty bright though! Typically, you will only need 5-10 elements to make up a realistic effect.

Contextual menu for Current Flare List

You can bring up a contextual menu for the Current Flare List. Do this by Right+Clicking in Windows or Control+Clicking on Mac within the Current Flare List. This list has additional options for the light elements that are currently active. The menu has options and hotkeys that can assist with creating your light effect. Some of these functions are available only through this contextual menu.

Contextual Menu> Rename…

Each element inherits its name from the Element Type. To rename an element, select this option. If you have a lot of elements in your light effect, being able to customize the names can be very useful for organization purposes.

Contextual Menu> Delete

This option removes an element from the Current Flare List (and from the light effect). Alternately, you can hit the keyboard's Delete key.

Contextual Menu> Duplicate

You can duplicate an element in the Elements list by selecting the Duplicate option, or hitting the 'B' key.

Contextual Menu> Move Up, Move Down

To reorder elements in the list, use these options or their corresponding hot keys, Control-Arrow on Windows [Apple-Arrow on Mac]. A dark line will appear as you drag up and down the list. The rendering order will not change the look of the rendered light effect. Move Up/Down is convenient because it helps you to group elements by color, scale or other attributes.

Contextual Menu> Show Presets

This function toggles the view of the Preset List at left of the KLF Photo interface. Turning off the Preset List gives you more visual screen room to work on your light effect design.