Softmood

This filter can do nice things with portraits, but it can also be quite effective on landscapes and other images. As always, the final result depends on the starting point - for some images the result is great, for others it's awful.

	For variety, we'll bring in Ms Christina Aguilera at this point. This image is quite high-key, with a light and fairly flat look.
	The 'SoftMood' filter has two sliders, 'Haziness' and 'Glow'. The 'Haziness' slider sets the radius of the blur that's used in the algorithm; low values give a darker, more intense look, while higher settings are softer and flatter. The 'Glow' slider lets you raise the brightness; at low settings the finished image will be darker than the original.
	This is what the default settings do to Christina; the image has a softer, warmer, more intimate feel.
	Ok, time to bring back Sophie. Not all images work well over the full gamut of 'Glow' settings - this one does, and that's my excuse for returning to it.
	Setting 'Glow' to a low value gives a low-key, atmospheric feel.
	At the other extreme, we can get a much lighter high-key effect.