he he, true, but have you seen that screen capture yet which i emailed you last night, of my compositor node setup to produce this effect?
it consists of about 25 nodes, which is one of the most complex and laborious setups i've done to date.
seriously though, there is actually a pretty good specific glow effect node, already in blender, but it didn't work well with my backgrounds, so i had to build the effect from scratch.
i just wish i wouldn't keep finding things wrong with the glow effect. i think i've rebuilt that part of my compositor node setup about 10 times over the last week.
but on the up side, i'm learning more about the tech and it's limitations, and finding workarounds for them.