<feSpecularLighting>

The <feSpecularLighting> SVG filter primitive lights a source graphic using the alpha channel as a bump map. The resulting image is an RGBA image based on the light color. The lighting calculation follows the standard specular component of the Phong lighting model. The resulting image depends on the light color, light position and surface geometry of the input bump map. The result of the lighting calculation is added. The filter primitive assumes that the viewer is at infinity in the z direction.

This filter primitive produces an image which contains the specular reflection part of the lighting calculation. Such a map is intended to be combined with a texture using the add term of the arithmetic <feComposite> method. Multiple light sources can be simulated by adding several of these light maps before applying it to the texture image.

Usage context

Attributes

Global attributes

• Core attributes
• Presentation attributes
• Filter primitive attributes
• class
• style

Specific attributes

• in
• surfaceScale
• specularConstant
• specularExponent
• kernelUnitLength

DOM Interface

This element implements the SVGFESpecularLightingElement interface.

Example

<svg height="200" width="200" viewBox="0 0 220 220"
    xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <filter id = "filter">
    <feSpecularLighting result="specOut"
        specularExponent="20" lighting-color="#bbbbbb">
      <fePointLight x="50" y="75" z="200"/>
    </feSpecularLighting>
    <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="specOut"
        operator="arithmetic" k1="0" k2="1" k3="1" k4="0"/>
  </filter>
  <circle cx="110" cy="110" r="100" style="filter:url(#filter)"/>
</svg>

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• <filter>
• <feBlend>
• <feColorMatrix>
• <feComponentTransfer>
• <feComposite>
• <feConvolveMatrix>
• <feDiffuseLighting>
• <feDisplacementMap>
• <feDistantLight>
• <feFlood>
• <feGaussianBlur>
• <feImage>
• <feMerge>
• <feMorphology>
• <feOffset>
• <fePointLight>
• <feSpotLight>
• <feTile>
• <feTurbulence>
• SVG tutorial: Filter effects