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Gaussian blue question.
Hi there,
I was just wondering if there is a way to blur images in AE without seeing evidence of using Gaussian blur… so you don’t see a blur around the borders of the image.
Cheers,
Steven.
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3 Replies
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You can restrict the Blur (or any effect) to certain areas of the screen with Masks on Dupped copies of the layer. If the borders of the layer are visible (it’s smaller than the comp size) and you want the edges sharp, you could Dup the layer, click the Rectangular mask tool,to mask the dup (top) and apply blur, then pull in the edge of the blur if you want with the “Mask Expansion” (twirl down on the Mask (M)).
Andrew Kramer has a tut on “Blemish Removal” (Click his head and scroll down) using a Luma Matte on a Dup with an Adjustment layer (if I remember right. He creates the mask by crushing colors and threshold to work on the skin colored area, very cool. Masking an Adjustment layer will do it too.
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Just use Box Blur with multiple iterations. Not only has it a built-in repeat pixels function but is superior to Gaussian blur in speed (with almost identical results). Aprt from that you can always build your own “repeat oixels” at the edges by using Motion Tile or similar effects.
Mylenium
[Pour Myl
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You can use our SmoothKit product ($89.95), which has a Gaussian blur that doesn’t bring in black at the edges.
SmoothKit has lots of other options for blurring, smoothing and sharpening (including features that allow you to blur without blurring over edges, etc.)
We have downloadable demo versions. SmoothKit’s page: https://www.revisionfx.com/smok.htm
Pete Litwinowicz
RE:Vision Effects, Inc.
https://www.revisionfx.com
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