Deep Glow After Effects Plugin Official
Unlike After Effects’ native "Glow" effect, which simply brightens pixels, Deep Glow simulates true light scattering. It uses an intelligent algorithm that creates smooth falloffs, preserves detail in highlights, and eliminates the "posterized" banding common with 8-bit glows.
Would you like a short step-by-step preset (subtle, cinematic, neon) you can copy into After Effects? deep glow after effects plugin