First of all, thank you very much
Here's my setup:
I have 2 layers
a: a stage (plane) together with a dancing character
b: 2 rows of bulbs left and right from the character, above the scene.
both layers have z-depth information.
so, the bulbs should be above the scene and some of them behind the character.
if i go:
loader
loader--merge,
everything is where it should be
if i then go
loader-glow
loader merge
then the bulbs go behind the scene too, which is not what i want.
If i change a bit the merge/channels/Z attribute, ican bring the bulbs to the front, but then the whole bulbs layer is in front of everything, including the bulbs that at that moment should be behind the character.
If i use any other filter than gaussian, the bulbs maintain their depth information, while the glow effect jumps behind all layers. With gaussian everything goes behind.
The blur tools act similar on this setup.
Another thing i've noticed, if the footages dont carry a z-depth channel, eveything works as it should.
Heh, its a bit tricky to explain it, i hope you got the ideea.
Thanx a bunch for your help
Oh, btw, forget the second post, that's not working either.