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  • motion blur for track?

    Posted by Gilles Gagnon on October 23, 2013 at 1:38 pm

    hi folks,
    I know I can set a motion blur effect by using the built-in effect of the master track. BUT….

    How do I add motion blur to a singe track? Ie. a title on an upper track A is moving over track B (which has motion)

    I want the title to have motion blur but not the event on track B.
    ???

    Gilles

    Gilles Gagnon replied 12 years, 6 months ago 6 Members · 19 Replies
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  • Graham Bernard

    October 23, 2013 at 1:49 pm

    Make a nested Veg of that A Track with its own motion blur.
    Import into Project.
    G

    Video Content Creator and Potter
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  • Gilles Gagnon

    October 23, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    Thanks Graham. I try to refrain nesting, I find it complicates my projects. So far, I’ve never had to nest 🙂

    Is nesting the only way?

    Gilles

  • Stephen Mann

    October 23, 2013 at 2:59 pm

    ” I try to refrain nesting, I find it complicates my projects.”

    It simplifies mine.

    Steve Mann
    MannMade Digital Video
    http://www.mmdv.com

  • Steve Rhoden

    October 23, 2013 at 4:52 pm

    When im in need of Motion blur i often use RevisionFX Reel Smart Motion Blur
    Plugin. Very fast, Effective and easy to manipulate. You can try it.

    Steve Rhoden
    (Cow Leader)
    Film Editor & Compositor.
    Filmex Creative Media.
    https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia
    1-876-461-9019

  • Gilles Gagnon

    October 23, 2013 at 5:40 pm

    Thanks Steve,
    Looks like a good effect. A little steep price-wise but looks good.

    I’m assuming there is no free method. Odd that the effect exists for the master track but not for regular tracks.

    Gilles

  • Steve Rhoden

    October 23, 2013 at 7:55 pm

    None free that i know off.
    Plugins are so darn expensive nowadays.

    Steve Rhoden
    (Cow Leader)
    Film Editor & Compositor.
    Filmex Creative Media.
    https://www.facebook.com/FilmexCreativeMedia
    1-876-461-9019

  • Graham Bernard

    October 24, 2013 at 10:21 am

    OK, I understand you wish/want to have Motion Blur on JUST the incoming Text? Correct? In which case have a close look at my “This Is London!”. All of the Text Event’s movement/motion/blur was achieved using SONY Media and SONY FX-ing, no 3rd Party. Below the Text Event are 2 Track Layers of video composited together to form a Screen Backdrop. It’s rough but I believes this achieves a lot of what you want. If you see this and want to have something more/other, then say so.

    Cheers

    Grazie

    Sample using SONY Vegas Pro: Apply a Motion Blur to Text-Only

    Video Content Creator and Potter
    PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
    Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge

  • Gilles Gagnon

    October 24, 2013 at 11:38 am

    Thanks Graham

    yes, that’s what pretty close to what I’m looking for. As stated, I’m looking for the motion blur effect found when one uses the master track motion blur feature.

    That simple 🙂

    What I like about this feature is its simplicity of use. Am (was) hoping to find the equivalent for a single track without having to add several effects and/or keyframing to the movement. Which I assume is what you did in your example. Correct?

    Gilles

  • Graham Bernard

    October 24, 2013 at 12:44 pm

    Correct.

    Video Content Creator and Potter
    PC 7 64-bit 16gb * Intel® Core™i7-2600k Quad Core 3.40GHz * 2GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 560 Ti
    Cameras: Canon XF300 + PowerShot SX50HS Bridge

  • Andrew Lenczycki

    October 24, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    Gilles,

    I’m not familiar with (and couldn’t find in Vegas Help) the Master Track Motion Blur you are referring to. Possibly I’m not understanding what the full effect of what you are trying to do. I just put a video event on track 2 (my “background”) and a Sony Media Generators: Default Text event on track 1. I added the Sony Linear Blur FX to the track 1 text and then keyframed (animated) the Angle: 0.00 (horizontal blurr) and Amount: 0.110 at keyframe 1 (time 0.00). I set this keyframe to be “fast”. I then added a second keyframe at time: 1.00 and changed the Amount value to 0.00. I then set my Media Generator text Placement to be offscreen left at time 0.00 with a “fast” transition type and a second Placement keyframe at time 1.00 to be centered on the screen. The effect is similar to Graham’s sample, with the text offscreen and blurred as it moves toward the center of the screen. By the time it (slows down) and hits the center of the screen (at 1.00 second), the text “motion blur” has subsided. All this while the video track underneath it is unaffected.

    Motion Blur Text Onscreen

    Andrew Lenczycki

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