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Add Glow Effect

Add beautiful glow effects to images with customizable color, intensity, size, and style variations

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL
# 1) Request a presigned URL → returns { uploadUrl, storageKey }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/api/upload/presign/image-add-glow' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"filename":"imageFile.ext","contentType":"application/octet-stream","size":12345}'

# 2) PUT the file bytes directly to the presigned uploadUrl
curl -X PUT '<presigned uploadUrl>' \
  --data-binary @/path/to/file.ext

# 3) Call the tool, passing the returned storageKey for each file field
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-add-glow' \
  -F 'imageFile=uploads/2026/01/01/your-tool-1700000000000-abc123.ext' \
  -F 'glowStyle=soft' \
  -F 'glowColor=#00FFFF' \
  -F 'glowIntensity=0.8' \
  -F 'glowSize=20' \
  -F 'glowBlur=15' \
  -F 'glowSpread=1.2' \
  -F 'innerGlow=false' \
  -F 'backgroundColor=transparent' \
  -F 'outputFormat=png' \
  -F 'quality=90'

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API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP
POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-add-glow

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
imageFilefileupload requiredYesUpload any image file to add glow effect to
glowStyleselectYesChoose the style of glow effect
glowColorcolorNoColor of the glow effect
glowIntensitynumberNoIntensity of the glow (0.0 to 1.0)
glowSizenumberNoSize of the glow effect in pixels
glowBlurnumberNoBlur radius of the glow (higher = softer)
glowSpreadnumberNoHow much the glow spreads outward
innerGlowcheckboxNoAdd a glow effect inside the image edges
backgroundColorcolorNoBackground color (leave empty for transparent)
outputFormatselectNoChoose output format or keep original
qualitynumberNoOutput quality for lossy formats (WebP, JPEG)
File-type parameters must be uploaded first via POST /upload/image-add-glow, then the returned filePath is passed to the corresponding file field.

Response format

File result

JSON
{
  "filePath": "/public/processing/randomid.ext",
  "fileName": "output.ext",
  "contentType": "application/octet-stream",
  "size": 1024,
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-image-add-glow": {
      "name": "image-add-glow",
      "description": "Add beautiful glow effects to images with customizable color, intensity, size, and style variations",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=image-add-glow",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "image-add-glow",
    "arguments": {
  "imageFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "glowStyle": "soft",
  "glowColor": "#00FFFF",
  "glowIntensity": 0.8,
  "glowSize": 20,
  "glowBlur": 15,
  "glowSpread": 1.2,
  "innerGlow": false,
  "backgroundColor": "transparent",
  "outputFormat": "png",
  "quality": 90
}
  }
}
Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).
File parameters accept a public file URL only (https://…). Local paths, data: URIs, and Base64 strings are not supported.

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