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  Camera Lens Blur – Blur Map Options

  Posted by Alex King on March 27, 2020 at 5:29 pm

  Hey Guys,

  Just wondering if anyone knows how or if I can get at the “Effects & Masks” option within the “Blur Map” section of the Camera Lens Blur effect via script.

  

  So far I’ve got this few lines of code to add the effect and designate the “Blur Map” layer, but I can’t seem to get to the second drop down. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. 🙂

  myComp.layer(1).property("Effects").addProperty("ADBE Camera Lens Blur");

  myComp.layer(1).property("Effects").property("Camera Lens Blur").property("Blur Radius").setValue(7);

  myComp.layer(1).property("Effects").property("Camera Lens Blur").property("Layer").setValue(index);

  Alex King replied 6 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Andrei Popa

  March 28, 2020 at 8:10 pm

  I am also curious how that can be done. I enumerated the properties of Camera Lens Blur and they are these:

  Blur Radius
  Iris Properties
  Shape
  Roundness
  Aspect Ratio
  Rotation
  Diffraction Fringe
  Iris Properties
  Blur Map
  Layer
  Channel
  Placement
  Blur Focal Distance
  Invert Blur Map
  Blur Map
  Highlight
  Gain
  Threshold
  Saturation
  Highlight
  Edge Behavior
  Use Linear Working Space
  Compositing Options

  And the Layer must be a number. I tried setting it to a 2 sized array. Like 1 for first and 2 for second, but that did not work. I also tries setting it to mask property of another layer thinking that maybe After Effects would transform it into a correct value. That did not work either. Looks like that value does not exist for scripting.

  I’m all out of ideas for now.

  Andrei
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  Alex King

  March 29, 2020 at 6:41 am

  Ah, man! Thanks for trying all that! ????

  I’m mostly trying to make a little script to speed up adding a bit of depth of field to a scene. Was hoping to generate an adjustment layer with the Camera Lens Blur attached and a solid above that with a Gradient Ramp set up as the Blur Map.

  I guess I could try adding a shape layer with a gradient fill instead?

  Anyhow, thanks again! 🙂

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