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  • Reel Smart Motion Blur applied to static objects

    Posted by Sherwin Akbarzadeh on April 11, 2012 at 9:00 pm

    Hi all,

    I’m working in AE CS5 and trying to add motion blur to a still image within my sequence. The sequence has been tracked in 3d space and a camera has been created. The still image moves with respect to the camera but has no motion changes of its own – which is why RSMB doesn’t seem to be responding to it. I know one solution is to render the sequence out and then add RSMB but this will not work for my situation.

    Thanks in advance!

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    Sherwin Akbarzadeh replied 14 years, 4 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Darby Edelen

    April 11, 2012 at 11:07 pm

    If the object is moving relative to the camera then you should be able to use AE’s native motion blur. Is there some reason that won’t work?

    Darby Edelen

  • Sherwin Akbarzadeh

    April 11, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    Solution Found! I took the layer i wanted blurred and pre-comped that with the 3d camera, then nested that comp in my main sequence as a 2d object and then added RSMB.

    Thanks Darby. The native motion blur did work but I was having trouble getting the effect I wanted out of it.

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