Combine Deep Glow with Optics Compensation (set Reverse Lens Distortion to about 40%) to create a chromatic aberration glow. This mimics a real camera lens barely keeping the light in focus, taking your Deep Glow from "good" to "holy cow."
: Unlike the standard AE glow which uses a basic Gaussian blur, Deep Glow utilizes an inverse square falloff algorithm. This results in a more natural, "organic" light spread that mimics how light behaves in the real world. GPU Acceleration
If you’ve spent any time in Adobe After Effects, you know the struggle of the "standard" glow. The default Glow effect often looks pixelated, dated, and more like a blurry smudge than actual light. For motion designers looking to achieve a professional, photorealistic aesthetic, by VideoCopilot (and later refined by Plugin Everything) has become the industry standard.