# What's your Favourite Matchbox? **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Tags:** matchbox\ **Created:** [February 13, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100 "2024-02-13T14:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leovfx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/leovfx/32/12472_2.png) [@leovfx](https://forum.logik.tv/u/leovfx)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/1 "2024-02-13T14:22:08Z")
I’m interested in what everyone’s favourite matchboxes are. I haven’t had time to try them all out, but will definitely check out anybody’s recommends. Tell us the name, briefly what it does, and why you love it. I’ll start: **LS\_airglow -** Essentially the most natural looking glow available. So easy to control and with curves to control the fall off. Does everything you want a glow to do. haven’t used anything else since I found it. ---
**Author:** ![paul\_round](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/paul_round/32/389_2.png) [@paul\_round](https://forum.logik.tv/u/paul_round)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/2 "2024-02-13T14:39:19Z")
One of my favourites is crok\_renoise. I use it pretty much all the time. ---
**Author:** ![TimC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/timc/32/11881_2.png) [@TimC](https://forum.logik.tv/u/TimC)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/3 "2024-02-13T14:45:09Z")
y\_lensblur (fast dof / camera blur) LS\_Airglow (exponential glow) y\_blurs (blur inside alpha only sampling those pixels) JB\_multimatte\_manager (manage puzzle mattes in one node) cook\_renoise MasterGrade ---
**Author:** ![Jerem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/jerem/32/6903_2.png) [@Jerem](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Jerem)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/4 "2024-02-13T16:29:30Z")
Ls\_Vops to combine many alpha Ls\_Dolface Amazing Blur able to restore edge Y\_dirblur the bi-directional Blur is so usefull Infill Blur to quickly fill area with color around Ls\_Ash nice adaptative sharp tool Ls\_Posmatte to better manage alpha with 3D ---
**Author:** ![mattriley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/mattriley/32/516_2.png) [@mattriley](https://forum.logik.tv/u/mattriley)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/5 "2024-02-13T17:32:23Z")
MatteViewer. Not a creative tool but for diagnostics in a complex comp it can be an absolute treat. ---
**Author:** ![hildebrandtbernd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/hildebrandtbernd/32/3038_2.png) [@hildebrandtbernd](https://forum.logik.tv/u/hildebrandtbernd)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/6 "2024-02-13T18:53:02Z")
Frontset Offset in Action, most used matchbox, but I still know some artists prefering the slow oldschool way. LS\_Lumps (Frequency Seperation) LS\_Wireless (mostly for hair beauty and removal) crok\_beauty (even if aebeauty outdated it, sometimes it has better results) ---
**Author:** ![PlaceYourBetts](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/placeyourbetts/32/6852_2.png) [@PlaceYourBetts](https://forum.logik.tv/u/PlaceYourBetts)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/7 "2024-02-13T19:45:27Z")
~~Y\_Sharpen,~~ LS\_Airglow ✨ ~~LS\_Vops,~~ ~~crok\_vignette,~~ ~~Y\_lensBlur,~~ ~~crok\_grunge,~~ ~~K\_Chroma~~ ~~the\_noise~~ ~~and MasterGrade~~ _(EDIT) I was just following the crowd but “in the spirit” I have highlighted my FAVORITE 😁_ ---
**Author:** ![kily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kily](https://forum.logik.tv/u/kily)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/8 "2024-02-13T20:59:01Z")
**y\_source**. Not the coolest matchbox. But in my user bin since years and years and one of the most used. To perform front offsets in beauty jobs without adversely affecting performance. Unlike action’s source nodes. ---
**Author:** ![andy\_dill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/andy_dill/32/15475_2.png) [@andy\_dill](https://forum.logik.tv/u/andy_dill)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/9 "2024-02-13T21:12:35Z")
In the spirit of the question I’m only picking one: y\_blurs. Between the matte blur and the grad blur I use it for so many cool things. a truly powerful node. ---
**Author:** ![cristhiancordoba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@cristhiancordoba](https://forum.logik.tv/u/cristhiancordoba)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/10 "2024-02-13T21:17:10Z")
Y\_lensBlur, TheNoise Ls\_Airglow K\_BlurMask crok\_grunge crok\_renoise crok\_distort additivekeyer ---
**Author:** ![greg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/greg/32/1185_2.png) [@greg](https://forum.logik.tv/u/greg)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/11 "2024-02-13T21:24:12Z")
Crok IBK ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Kalinoski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/jason_kalinoski/32/263_2.png) [@Jason\_Kalinoski](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Jason_Kalinoski)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/12 "2024-02-13T22:03:18Z")
If by “favorite” you mean gratuitously overused… Airglow ---
**Author:** ![RufusBlackwell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/rufusblackwell/32/422_2.png) [@RufusBlackwell](https://forum.logik.tv/u/RufusBlackwell)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/13 "2024-02-14T20:45:01Z")
In a situation where you would use pixel spread to push out the edges of the front of a green screen element, try replacing the pixel spread with an inverted Infill Blur Matchbox to blow out the edges. You’ll be surprised. Spline blur is an amazing tool too. Especially for hair work. ---
**Author:** ![saul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@saul](https://forum.logik.tv/u/saul)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/whats-your-favourite-matchbox/10100/14 "2024-02-16T14:14:38Z")
one that nobody mentioned yet, Ls\_UVewa, you can control the amount under and over + filtering of any distortion with an uvmap.