Source: [Overview](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/overview)

# Overview

Welcome to Scatter!

Scatter emulates the characteristics of optical diffusion filters on scene-referred footage. Its physically based processing enables it to reproduce a range of real photographic filter types and strengths with consistent results across scenes and cameras.

![Scatter Source, Family, Strength, Intensity, and Focal Length controls](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/scatter/full-guide/core-controls-fd6e5681.png)

**[Source](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/core-controls#source)**: Choose the colorspace of your “log” or “scene-referred” footage or working space.

**[Family and Strength](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/core-controls#family)**: Select the family of profiled filters, then select the strength of the selected filter family.

**[Intensity](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/core-controls#intensity)**: Amplify or reduce the effect of the active filter.

**[Focal Length](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/core-controls#focal-length)**: Reduce or enlarge the falloff to approximate other fields of view, expressed in millimeters of focal length on s35mm.

**[Highlight Color Recovery](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/highlight-color-recovery)**: Rebuild color information in blown-out highlight regions by considering the hue of neighboring pixels so diffusion can be calculated more naturally.

**[Highlight Adjustment](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/highlight-adjustment)**: Amplify or reduce diffused highlights either for creative effect or to compensate for clipped highlights that should be brighter than what the sensor was able to record.

**[Edge](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/edges)**: Select Vignette, Mirrored, or Repeated to determine how Scatter extrapolates beyond image bounds.

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