Freezing motion blur in AFX?

	Re: Freezing motion blur in AFX? by Jason Milligan on Dec 12, 2008 at 8:45:44 pm As soon as the motion ceases, the built-in motion blur will disappear. You could still keyframe a blur effect like "directional blur" or "compound blur" (or whichever is appropriate to your situation) so that as the inherent motion blur disappears, the blur effect increases. You could then orbit around that to your heart's content. The real trick will lie in matching the original motion blur and timing the transition to a blur effect. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Freezing motion blur in AFX? by Kevin Camp on Dec 13, 2008 at 12:09:15 am if you have your electron spinning in a precomp (or can precomp the electron layer), you could then create and adjustment layer at the top of the electron precomp and add the echo effect to fake the motion blur (you would want to disable motion blur). you'd have to adjust the echo settings to create the blur you're looking for, but i'd sstart with around -.001 for the timing offset, 20 or so fo the number and .9 for the decay. these setting will vary largely on how fast your electron is moving. once you have the blur you're looking for, you can go back to the atom comp and use time remapping to freeze time for the electron and it should freeze it with the 'echo' motion blur. antoher way would be to generate the motion blur with a particle generator. attach your emitter to the electron layer, particles set to zero velocity and a size and decay (opacity) rate that seems like motion blur. and if you have particular, you could do this without precomping by manipulating the time factor settings (actually i can't rmember if they are called time factor but they are at the bottom of the plugin's settings). particular would also alow you to move a 3d camera around the electron and it's tail of motion blur particles. Kevin Camp Senior Designer KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Freezing motion blur in AFX? by david bogie on Dec 13, 2008 at 4:28:51 pm Vegas makes short work of electron pathways and atomic structure simulations. Vegas is a 2D layer which can be rotated in z-space. Vegas has built-in decay that appears like motion blur. You'd use two copies or two layers, one to get the electron particle and another to create the trail. Vegas is remarkably cool and way underused. You just need art work that presents what Vegas calls a "contour." A simple ellipse or circle will do. I use Illustrator layers. Brian Maffit, from Total Training, created Vegas (and Shatter, WaveWorld, Colorama, Card Dance, many more) and had fabulous video tutorials on electron paths he used to create his Atomic Energy Effects Company logo. That stuff might be available online someplace. bogiesan Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: Freezing motion blur in AFX? by Jon Geddes on Dec 15, 2008 at 7:51:47 am This effect is also extremely easy to create with Trapcode Particular. I'm sure it could also be done with CC Particle World. Emit particles from a point, set velocity to zero, crank the birthrate up, adjust opacity over time so it fades out as trailing particles get further from the lead particle, and keyframe the particle emitter to move where you want it (or even parent the emitter location to a null object). I would definitely recommend using a particle system if its feasible for your project. Jon Geddes Motion Graphics Designer www.precomposed.com Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index