---
title: "Vignette"
docs: "Phaser v4.0.0"
url: https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-vignette
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
---

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# Vignette

The Vignette Filter Controller.

This controller manages the vignette effect for a Camera.

The vignette effect is a visual technique where the edges of the screen, or a Game Object, gradually darken or blur, creating a frame-like appearance. This effect is used to draw the player's focus towards the central action or subject, enhance immersion, and provide a cinematic or artistic quality to the game's visuals.

This filter supports colored borders, and a limited set of blend modes, to increase its stylistic power.

A Vignette effect is added to a Camera via the FilterList component:

```js

const camera = this.cameras.main;



camera.filters.internal.addVignette();

camera.filters.external.addVignette();

```

**Constructor**

`new Vignette(camera, [x], [y], [radius], [strength], [color], [blendMode])`

**Parameters**
| name | type | optional | default | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ------- | ----------- |
| camera | [Phaser.Cameras.Scene2D.Camera](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/cameras-scene2d-camera.md) | No |  | The camera that owns this filter. |
| x | number | Yes | 0.5 | The horizontal offset of the vignette effect. This value is normalized to the range 0 to 1. |
| y | number | Yes | 0.5 | The vertical offset of the vignette effect. This value is normalized to the range 0 to 1. |
| radius | number | Yes | 0.5 | The radius of the vignette effect. This value is normalized to the range 0 to 1. |
| strength | number | Yes | 0.5 | The strength of the vignette effect. |
| color | number \| string | [Phaser.Types.Display.InputColorObject](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/typedef/types-display.md#InputColorObject) | [Phaser.Display.Color](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/display-color.md) | Yes | "0x000000" | The color of the vignette effect, as a hex code or Color object. |
| blendMode | number | Yes | "Phaser.BlendModes.NORMAL" | The blend mode to use with the vignette. Only NORMAL, ADD, MULTIPLY, and SCREEN are supported. |

---


**Scope**: static


**Extends**

> [Phaser.Filters.Controller](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md)  



> Source: [src/filters/Vignette.js#L11](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/filters/Vignette.js#L11)  
Since: 4.0.0

## Inherited Members


**From [Phaser.Filters.Controller](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md):**


 - [active](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#active)
 - [allowBaseDraw](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#allowbasedraw)
 - [camera](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#camera)
 - [currentPadding](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#currentpadding)
 - [ignoreDestroy](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#ignoredestroy)
 - [paddingOverride](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#paddingoverride)
 - [renderNode](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#rendernode)




---

## Public Members

### blendMode

#### blendMode: [Phaser.BlendModes](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/blendmodes.md)


**Description:**

The blend mode used to combine the vignette color with the input. Note that only NORMAL, ADD, MULTIPLY and SCREEN are supported.


> Source: [src/filters/Vignette.js#L111](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/filters/Vignette.js#L111)  
Since: 4.0.0


---

### color

#### color: [Phaser.Display.Color](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/display-color.md)


**Description:**

The color of the vignette effect.


> Source: [src/filters/Vignette.js#L102](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/filters/Vignette.js#L102)  
Since: 4.0.0


---

### radius

#### radius: number


**Description:**

The radius of the vignette effect. This value is normalized to the range 0 to 1.


> Source: [src/filters/Vignette.js#L82](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/filters/Vignette.js#L82)  
Since: 4.0.0


---

### strength

#### strength: number


**Description:**

The strength of the vignette effect. Higher values produce a more intense, opaque vignette overlay at the edges, while lower values produce a subtler, more transparent effect.


> Source: [src/filters/Vignette.js#L91](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/filters/Vignette.js#L91)  
Since: 4.0.0


---

### x

#### x: number


**Description:**

The horizontal offset of the vignette effect. This value is normalized to the range 0 to 1.


> Source: [src/filters/Vignette.js#L64](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/filters/Vignette.js#L64)  
Since: 4.0.0


---

### y

#### y: number


**Description:**

The vertical offset of the vignette effect. This value is normalized to the range 0 to 1.


> Source: [src/filters/Vignette.js#L73](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/filters/Vignette.js#L73)  
Since: 4.0.0


---

## Inherited Methods


**From [Phaser.Filters.Controller](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md):**


 - [destroy](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#destroy)
 - [getPadding](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#getpadding)
 - [setActive](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#setactive)
 - [setPaddingOverride](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-controller.md#setpaddingoverride)




---

## Public Methods

### setColor

#### \<instance> setColor(color)


**Description:**

Sets the color of the vignette overlay.

**Parameters:**
| name | type | optional | description |
| ---- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| color | number \| string | [Phaser.Types.Display.InputColorObject](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/typedef/types-display.md#InputColorObject) | [Phaser.Display.Color](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/namespace/display-color.md) | No | The color to set. Note that a Color object will be copied, not attached. |


**Returns:** [Phaser.Filters.Vignette](https://phaser.io/oss/docs/api-documentation/4.0.0/class/filters-vignette.md) - This filter instance.


> Source: [src/filters/Vignette.js#L125](https://github.com/phaserjs/phaser/blob/v4.0.0/src/filters/Vignette.js#L125)  
Since: 4.0.0


---

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