Glow/Bloom with 2D textures

[ArdeII]

Hi,
I have searched information about Unity glow/bloom effects with 2D sprites but not found any useful information.
There are some glow assets in the Asset Store but they require the pro version and they say nothing about using the effects with 2D sprites.

I know this can be done because it has been done before. Like in here:

http://www.sizefivegames.com/2012/11/07/using-unity3d-for-the-swindles-2d/

It would be awesome if someone could write a little step by step tutorial how to achieve the glowing background effect with 2D sprites.

Thanks.

[unikronsoftware]

You can use the built in glow & bloom effects distributed with unity pro.
They work fine with sprites - they are both image space effects, they don't rely on any special set up.

[marksmith]

You can use the built in glow & bloom effects distributed with unity pro.
They work fine with sprites - they are both image space effects, they don't rely on any special set up.

Sorry for resurrecting this old topic, but I was wondering if anyone has successfully gotten the unity pro glow effect to apply to a tk2d sprite? Or if anyone has found any other solutions for adding a glow to sprites? Thanks!

[unikronsoftware]

You can't add glow to individual sprites - glow / bloom is a post process, it will be applied to the entire screen at a time. And it works fine with tk2d sprites

[marksmith]

You can't add glow to individual sprites - glow / bloom is a post process, it will be applied to the entire screen at a time. And it works fine with tk2d sprites

I had a feeling that might be the case, thank you for the clarification!