Add glowing effect to an SKSpriteNode

I created this extension to add a glow effect to an SKSpriteNode

Just add this to your project

extension SKSpriteNode {    func addGlow(radius: Float = 30) {        let effectNode = SKEffectNode()        effectNode.shouldRasterize = true        addChild(effectNode)        effectNode.addChild(SKSpriteNode(texture: texture))        effectNode.filter = CIFilter(name: "CIGaussianBlur", parameters: ["inputRadius":radius])    }}

Now given an SKSpriteNode

let sun = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "sun")

all you have to do it

sun.addGlow()

Just to add to this, you can perform this on any type of SKNode by first rendering its contents using the texture(from:SKNode) method available on an SKView instance.

Example:

extension SKNode{    func addGlow(radius:CGFloat=30)    {        let view = SKView()        let effectNode = SKEffectNode()        let texture = view.texture(from: self)        effectNode.shouldRasterize = true        effectNode.filter = CIFilter(name: "CIGaussianBlur",withInputParameters: ["inputRadius":radius])        addChild(effectNode)        effectNode.addChild(SKSpriteNode(texture: texture))    }}