diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.txt b/docs/CHANGES.txt
index 847966397..083f0697b 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Various contributors (see below, and AUTHORS.txt)
 https://tuxpaint.org/
 
 
-2022.January.30 (0.9.29)
+2023.February.6 (0.9.29)
   * Improvements to "Stamp" tool:
     -----------------------------
     * Stamps may now be rotated.
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ https://tuxpaint.org/
       (Inspired by "Night Sky Scene [Pen Parallax]" Scratch Project
       by -HexaScape- <https://scratch.mit.edu/users/-HexaScape->)
 
-      [WIP] - Fur sound effect needed
-      [WIP] - Fur sound icon needed
+      [WIP] - Fur icon needed
 
       ("Circles" and "Rays" sound effects based on Richard Wagner's
       "Ride of the Valkyries", recording licensed as Creative Commons
@@ -43,6 +42,12 @@ https://tuxpaint.org/
       ("Fur" sound effected licensed as Creative Commons 0 (CC0 1.0)
       by https://freesound.org/people/Kawgrim/)
 
+    * "Bloom" - Apply a glowing light bloom effect to the image.
+      Bill Kendrick <bill@newbreedsoftware.com>
+
+      [WIP] - Bloom icon needed
+      [WIP] - Bloom sound effect needed
+
     * [WIP] "Rivulet"; apply rivulets of water to the canvas
       - needs better icon
       - needs sound effect
@@ -167,6 +172,10 @@ https://tuxpaint.org/
       (h/t Miyagi Andel for reporting & Shin-ichi TOYAMA for pinpointing
       the issue)
 
+    * Mend crash bug in "perspective.c" Magic tools.
+      (Perspective, Panels, Timezoom, Zoom, Rush)
+      Bill Kendrick <bill@newbreedsoftware.com>
+
     * Disallow using Ctrl-Z shortcut while drawing or rotating shapes
       or shapes, to avoid unexpected results.
       Closes https://sourceforge.net/p/tuxpaint/bugs/239/
diff --git a/magic/icons/bloom.png b/magic/icons/bloom.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9768bca0d
Binary files /dev/null and b/magic/icons/bloom.png differ
diff --git a/magic/src/bloom.c b/magic/src/bloom.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a674271f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/magic/src/bloom.c
@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+/* bloom.c
+
+   Applies a "bloom" effect to the image.
+   (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_(shader_effect))
+
+   Last updated: February 6, 2023
+*/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <libintl.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+#include "tp_magic_api.h"
+#include "SDL_image.h"
+#include "SDL_mixer.h"
+
+/* Radius of the painting tool */
+#define BLOOM_PAINT_RADIUS 24
+
+/* Overall weight to apply the sampled pixels */
+#define BLOOM_WEIGHT_CONST 0.025
+
+/* Length of spike shape */
+#define BLOOM_SPIKE_LENGTH 5
+
+/* From https://www.shadertoy.com/view/lsXGWn */
+//float sample_weights[9] = {
+//  0.05, 0.09, 0.12, 0.15, 0.16, 0.15, 0.12, 0.09, 0.05
+//};
+
+/* Take N digits consecutive digits (1-n), calculate SIN() of
+ * (PI/(N+1))*n, take the SQRT(), and scale by a constant
+ * so they all SUM() to approx. 1.0000 */
+#define NUM_SAMPLE_WEIGHTS 13
+float sample_weights[NUM_SAMPLE_WEIGHTS] = {
+  0.0449, 0.0627, 0.0752, 0.0842, 0.0904, 0.0940, 0.0952, 0.0940, 0.0904, 0.0842, 0.0752, 0.0627, 0.0449
+};
+
+Mix_Chunk * snd_effects = NULL;
+Uint8 * bloom_mask = NULL;
+int bloom_scale;
+
+Uint32 bloom_api_version(void);
+int bloom_init(magic_api * api);
+int bloom_get_tool_count(magic_api * api);
+SDL_Surface *bloom_get_icon(magic_api * api, int which);
+char *bloom_get_name(magic_api * api, int which);
+int bloom_get_group(magic_api * api, int which);
+char *bloom_get_description(magic_api * api, int which, int mode);
+int bloom_requires_colors(magic_api * api, int which);
+int bloom_modes(magic_api * api, int which);
+void bloom_shutdown(magic_api * api);
+void bloom_click(magic_api * api, int which, int mode,
+                     SDL_Surface * canvas, SDL_Surface * snapshot, int x,
+                     int y, SDL_Rect * update_rect);
+void bloom_set_color(magic_api * api, int which, SDL_Surface * canvas,
+                    SDL_Surface * last, Uint8 r, Uint8 g, Uint8 b, SDL_Rect * update_rect);
+void bloom_drag(magic_api * api, int which, SDL_Surface * canvas,
+                    SDL_Surface * snapshot, int ox, int oy, int x, int y,
+                    SDL_Rect * update_rect);
+void bloom_line_callback_drag(void *ptr, int which, SDL_Surface * canvas,
+                                  SDL_Surface * snapshot, int x, int y);
+void bloom_release(magic_api * api, int which, SDL_Surface * canvas,
+                       SDL_Surface * snapshot, int x, int y,
+                       SDL_Rect * update_rect);
+void bloom_switchin(magic_api * api, int which, int mode,
+                        SDL_Surface * canvas);
+void bloom_switchout(magic_api * api, int which, int mode,
+                         SDL_Surface * canvas);
+float luminance(float r, float g, float b);
+float change_luminance(float c_in, float l_in, float l_out);
+
+
+Uint32 bloom_api_version(void)
+{
+  return (TP_MAGIC_API_VERSION);
+}
+
+int bloom_init(magic_api * api)
+{
+  char fname[1024];
+
+  snprintf(fname, sizeof(fname), "%ssounds/magic/bloom.ogg",
+             api->data_directory);
+  snd_effects = NULL; /* FIXME Mix_LoadWAV(fname); */
+
+  bloom_scale = sqrt(2 * (BLOOM_PAINT_RADIUS * BLOOM_PAINT_RADIUS));
+
+  return (1);
+}
+
+int bloom_get_tool_count(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+  return (1);
+}
+
+SDL_Surface *bloom_get_icon(magic_api * api, int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+  char fname[1024];
+
+  snprintf(fname, sizeof(fname), "%simages/magic/bloom.png",
+           api->data_directory);
+
+  return (IMG_Load(fname));
+}
+
+char *bloom_get_name(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                         int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+  return strdup(gettext("Bloom"));
+}
+
+int bloom_get_group(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                        int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+  return MAGIC_TYPE_COLOR_FILTERS;
+}
+
+char *bloom_get_description(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                                int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int mode ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+  return strdup(gettext("Bloom!")); /* FIXME */
+}
+
+int bloom_requires_colors(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                              int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+  return 0; /* TODO: Maybe some day? */
+}
+
+int bloom_modes(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                    int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+  return (MODE_PAINT | MODE_FULLSCREEN);
+}
+
+void bloom_shutdown(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+  if (snd_effects != NULL) {
+    Mix_FreeChunk(snd_effects);
+    snd_effects = NULL;
+  }
+
+  if (bloom_mask != NULL) {
+    free(bloom_mask);
+    bloom_mask = NULL;
+  }
+}
+
+void
+bloom_click(magic_api * api, int which, int mode,
+                SDL_Surface * canvas, SDL_Surface * snapshot, int x, int y,
+                SDL_Rect * update_rect)
+{
+  if (bloom_mask == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  if (snd_effects != NULL)
+    api->stopsound();
+
+  if (mode == MODE_PAINT) {
+    memset(bloom_mask, 0, (canvas->w * canvas->h));
+    bloom_drag(api, which, canvas, snapshot, x, y, x, y, update_rect);
+  } else {
+    if (snd_effects != NULL) {
+      api->playsound(snd_effects, (x * 255) / canvas->w, 255);
+    }
+
+    memset(bloom_mask, 128, (canvas->w * canvas->h));
+    bloom_release(api, which, canvas, snapshot, x, y,
+                  update_rect);
+
+    update_rect->x = 0;
+    update_rect->y = 0;
+    update_rect->w = canvas->w;
+    update_rect->h = canvas->h;
+  }
+}
+
+
+void
+bloom_drag(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, SDL_Surface * canvas,
+               SDL_Surface * snapshot, int ox, int oy, int x, int y, SDL_Rect * update_rect)
+{
+  if (bloom_mask == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  api->line((void *) api, which, canvas, snapshot, ox, oy, x, y, 1 /* FIXME: Consider fewer iterations? */,
+            bloom_line_callback_drag);
+
+  /* FIXME: Would be good to only update the area around the line (ox,oy)->(x,y) (+/- the maxium radius of the effect) */
+  update_rect->x = 0;
+  update_rect->y = 0;
+  update_rect->w = canvas->w;
+  update_rect->h = canvas->h;
+}
+
+
+void bloom_release(magic_api * api, int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                  SDL_Surface * canvas ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                  SDL_Surface * snapshot ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                  int x ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int y ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                  SDL_Rect * update_rect ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED) {
+  int sample, offset, offset_flip, xx, yy;
+  Uint8 r, g, b;
+  float rf, gf, bf, mask_weight, lum;
+  float sums[3];
+  Uint32 color;
+
+  if (bloom_mask == NULL)
+    return;
+
+  if (snd_effects != NULL)
+    api->stopsound();
+
+  SDL_BlitSurface(snapshot, NULL, canvas, NULL);
+
+  for (y = 0; y < canvas->h; y++) {
+    for (x = 0; x < canvas->w; x++) {
+      if (bloom_mask[y * canvas->w + x] > 0) {
+        sums[0] = 0.0;
+        sums[1] = 0.0;
+        sums[2] = 0.0;
+
+        /* (Pull from snapshot) */
+        for (sample = 0; sample < NUM_SAMPLE_WEIGHTS; sample++) {
+          /* Horizontal samples */
+          color = api->getpixel(snapshot, x - ((NUM_SAMPLE_WEIGHTS - 1) / 2) + sample, y);
+          SDL_GetRGB(color, snapshot->format, &r, &g, &b);
+          sums[0] += r * sample_weights[sample];
+          sums[1] += g * sample_weights[sample];
+          sums[2] += b * sample_weights[sample];
+
+          /* Vertical samples */
+          color = api->getpixel(snapshot, x, y - ((NUM_SAMPLE_WEIGHTS - 1) / 2) + sample);
+          SDL_GetRGB(color, snapshot->format, &r, &g, &b);
+          sums[0] += r * sample_weights[sample];
+          sums[1] += g * sample_weights[sample];
+          sums[2] += b * sample_weights[sample];
+        }
+
+        /* (Blend an "X" shape, additively, onto target canvas) */
+        for (offset = -BLOOM_SPIKE_LENGTH; offset <= BLOOM_SPIKE_LENGTH; offset++) {
+          for (offset_flip = -1; offset <= 1; offset += 2) {
+            xx = x + offset;
+            yy = y + (offset * offset_flip);
+
+            if (xx >= 0 && xx < canvas->w && yy >= 0 && yy < canvas->h) {
+              color = api->getpixel(snapshot, xx, yy);
+              SDL_GetRGB(color, snapshot->format, &r, &g, &b);
+
+              mask_weight = (float) (bloom_mask[(yy) * canvas->w + xx] / 255.0);
+              mask_weight *= BLOOM_WEIGHT_CONST;
+              mask_weight *= ((BLOOM_SPIKE_LENGTH + 1) - (abs(offset)) / BLOOM_SPIKE_LENGTH);
+
+              rf = (((float) r) + (sums[0] * mask_weight)) / 255.0;
+              gf = (((float) g) + (sums[1] * mask_weight)) / 255.0;
+              bf = (((float) b) + (sums[2] * mask_weight)) / 255.0;
+
+              /* Reinhard Tonemap (Luminence) */
+              lum = luminance(rf, gf, bf);
+
+              if (lum > 0.0) {
+                float numerator = lum * (1.0f + lum);
+                float l_new = numerator / (1.0f + lum);
+                rf = change_luminance(rf, lum, l_new);
+                gf = change_luminance(gf, lum, l_new);
+                bf = change_luminance(bf, lum, l_new);
+              }
+
+              /* Clamp */
+              if (rf > 1.0)
+                rf = 1.0;
+              if (gf > 1.0)
+                gf = 1.0;
+              if (bf > 1.0)
+                bf = 1.0;
+
+              rf *= 255.0;
+              gf *= 255.0;
+              bf *= 255.0;
+
+              api->putpixel(canvas, xx, yy, SDL_MapRGB(canvas->format, (Uint8) rf, (Uint8) gf, (Uint8) bf));
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  update_rect->x = 0;
+  update_rect->y = 0;
+  update_rect->w = canvas->w;
+  update_rect->h = canvas->h;
+}
+
+
+void bloom_set_color(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                      SDL_Surface * canvas ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                      SDL_Surface * last ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                      Uint8 r ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, Uint8 g ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, Uint8 b ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                      SDL_Rect * update_rect ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+  /* TODO: Maybe some day? */
+}
+
+
+void bloom_line_callback_drag(void *ptr, int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                                  SDL_Surface * canvas,
+                                  SDL_Surface * snapshot ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                                  int x, int y)
+{
+  int xrad, yrad, xx, yy, chg, n;
+  magic_api *api = (magic_api *) ptr;
+
+  if (snd_effects != NULL)
+    api->playsound(snd_effects, (x * 255) / canvas->w, 255);
+
+  for (yrad = -BLOOM_PAINT_RADIUS; yrad < BLOOM_PAINT_RADIUS; yrad++) {
+    yy = y + yrad;
+    if (yy >= 0 && yy < canvas->h) {
+      for (xrad = -BLOOM_PAINT_RADIUS; xrad < BLOOM_PAINT_RADIUS; xrad++) {
+        xx = x + xrad;
+        if (xx >= 0 && xx < canvas->w) {
+          if (api->in_circle(xrad, yrad, BLOOM_PAINT_RADIUS)) {
+            /* Add to the bloom mask */
+            n = (int) bloom_mask[yy * canvas->w + xx];
+            chg = sqrt(bloom_scale - sqrt((xrad * xrad) + (yrad * yrad)));
+            n += chg;
+            if (n > 255) {
+              n = 255;
+            }
+            bloom_mask[yy * canvas->w + xx] = (Uint8) n;
+
+            /* Draw on the canvas temporarily */
+            api->putpixel(canvas, xx, yy, SDL_MapRGB(canvas->format, n, n, n));
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+
+void bloom_switchin(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                        int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int mode ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                        SDL_Surface * canvas ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+  if (bloom_mask == NULL)
+    bloom_mask = (Uint8 *) malloc(sizeof(Uint8) * canvas-> w * canvas->h);
+}
+
+void bloom_switchout(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                         int which ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                         int mode ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                         SDL_Surface * canvas ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
+{
+}
+
+float luminance(float r, float g, float b) {
+  return (r * 0.2126) + (g * 0.7152) + (b * 0.0722);
+}
+
+float change_luminance(float c_in, float l_in, float l_out) {
+    return c_in * (l_out / l_in);
+}
diff --git a/magic/src/perspective.c b/magic/src/perspective.c
index f2a535ef6..0c9f6ca94 100644
--- a/magic/src/perspective.c
+++ b/magic/src/perspective.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
   (See COPYING.txt)
 
-  Last updated: January 25, 2023
+  Last updated: February 6, 2023
 */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ enum
 
 
 /* A copy of canvas at switchin, will be used to draw from it as snapshot changes at each click */
-static SDL_Surface *canvas_back;
+static SDL_Surface *canvas_back = NULL;
 
 static Mix_Chunk *perspective_snd_effect[perspective_NUM_TOOLS + 1];
 
@@ -252,6 +252,9 @@ void perspective_drag(magic_api * api, int which, SDL_Surface * canvas,
                       int oy ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int x, int y,
                       SDL_Rect * update_rect)
 {
+  if (canvas_back == NULL)
+    return;
+
   latest_x = x;
   latest_y = y;
 
@@ -479,6 +482,9 @@ void perspective_release(magic_api * api, int which,
                          SDL_Surface * canvas, SDL_Surface * last, int x,
                          int y, SDL_Rect * update_rect)
 {
+  if (canvas_back == NULL)
+    return;
+
   if (which == TOOL_PANELS)
     return;
 
@@ -662,6 +668,10 @@ void perspective_release(magic_api * api, int which,
                                       canvas->format->Gmask,
                                       canvas->format->Bmask, 0);
 
+printf("SDL_BlitSurface(canvas_back (%d), update_rect (%d), aux_surf (%d), NULL\n",
+canvas_back, update_rect, aux_surf);
+fflush(stdout);
+
       SDL_BlitSurface(canvas_back, update_rect, aux_surf, NULL);
       scaled_surf = api->scale(aux_surf, canvas->w, canvas->h, 0);
       SDL_BlitSurface(scaled_surf, NULL, canvas, NULL);
@@ -687,6 +697,9 @@ void perspective_preview(magic_api * api, int which,
   int ox_distance, oy_distance;
   int center_ofset_x, center_ofset_y;
 
+  if (canvas_back == NULL)
+    return;
+
 
   update_rect->x = update_rect->y = 0;
   update_rect->w = canvas->w;
@@ -826,13 +839,20 @@ void perspective_switchin(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
   amask =
     ~(canvas->format->Rmask | canvas->format->Gmask | canvas->format->Bmask);
 
-  canvas_back = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE,
-                                     canvas->w,
-                                     canvas->h,
-                                     canvas->format->BitsPerPixel,
-                                     canvas->format->Rmask,
-                                     canvas->format->Gmask,
-                                     canvas->format->Bmask, amask);
+  if (canvas_back == NULL) {
+    canvas_back = SDL_CreateRGBSurface(SDL_SWSURFACE,
+                                       canvas->w,
+                                       canvas->h,
+                                       canvas->format->BitsPerPixel,
+                                       canvas->format->Rmask,
+                                       canvas->format->Gmask,
+                                       canvas->format->Bmask, amask);
+  }
+
+  if (canvas_back == NULL) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "perspective cannot create background canvas!\n");
+    return;
+  }
 
   SDL_BlitSurface(canvas, NULL, canvas_back, NULL);
 }
@@ -842,7 +862,10 @@ void perspective_switchout(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                            int mode ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                            SDL_Surface * canvas ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
-  SDL_FreeSurface(canvas_back);
+  if (canvas_back != NULL) {
+    SDL_FreeSurface(canvas_back);
+    canvas_back = NULL;
+  }
 }
 
 int perspective_modes(magic_api * api ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, int which)