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Focus/defocus blur
Hey guys, hopefully this is a simple enough question…
I’m trying to get a camera focusing in effect. What’s the best way to do this? Create a camera and use focus settings? Use a blur effect (which one)?
Thanks.
Alexander Gao
“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”
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3 Replies
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Well, just look above your post’s link, you’ll see Andrew Kramer’s fantastic Depth of Field tutorial 🙂
As for me, I usually use Adjustment layers and put the Fast Blur effect on it, mask the Adjustment layer so I can get the blur wherever I want to.
Your choice.
Justin Productions
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ok, thanks for the advice. While Andrew’s tutorial looks great and I’ll probably do it later, I’m not looking for a DOF simulation on live footage, I’m looking for the effect where it looks like a camera is focusing in on my motion graphics comp, so more of a change in focus rather than a depth of field. And assuming that the adjustment layer fast blur is still the best way to do it, is there any kind of keyframe interpolation that would make the focus in more realistic?
Alexander Gao
“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”
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You wouldn’t use a 3D camera with DOF enabled?
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