Blur Filters

Gives you control over blurring each color channel of an object. The Channel blur can be applied selectively to each color channel of an object: red, green, blue, and alpha.

Blurring individual channels allows you to create customized glow effects by retaining sharpness in selected channels while softening others.

Creates a circular blur within an image, specified by a center point that sets the center of the blur effect and a radius that sets the size of the affected region. The amount of blur in the affected area can also be customized.

This filter is useful for blurring a limited area in an image. For more sophisticated control of the image region to be blurred, use the Compound Blur filter.

This filter causes rasterization in 3D groups. For more information on rasterization, see About Rasterization.

Blurs an object using the specified channel of a designated map image. You can use any shape, text object, still image, or movie file as the map image. You can select any red, green, blue, alpha, or luminance channel to create the shape of the blur.

This filter causes rasterization in 3D groups. For more information on rasterization, see About Rasterization.

Mimics the out-of-focus effect that occurs through a real-world camera lens. The Defocus filter blurs an image while creating realistic lens artifacts that mimic the aperture shape in brighter areas of the image. The shape of the blur can be customized.

Blurs an object along a specific angle. This filter creates a blurred streaking effect.

Note: The more filters you use in a project, the more you impact the performance of Motion.

Creates a soft blur effect. The Gaussian blur is the softest blur effect you can apply and is a frequently used blur effect. By default, this filter affects the image uniformly, although you can control the amount of horizontal and vertical blur independently.

Gaussian blur is relevant for most motion graphics tasks, and can be animated for various focus-control effects. However, to more accurately simulate camera focus, the Defocus filter might be a better choice. For more information on the Defocus filter, see Defocus.

Creates a graduated blur between two points. Point one is the beginning of the blur, and the point at which the image is at its sharpest. Point two is the end of the blur, and the point at which the image is at its blurriest, depending on the value set in the Amount parameter.

This filter causes rasterization in 3D groups. For more information on rasterization, see About Rasterization.

Blurs and refracts the image as if seen through a prism, creating a rainbow effect.

Creates a rotational blur centered on a point. The effect is similar to the motion blur you would see if an image were spinning quickly.

Creates an effect similar to duplicating an object, applying the Screen blend mode to composite the object against itself, then blurring an overlapping object—within a single filter. The Strength parameter controls how much of the blurred image is added back to the original image.

Creates a tunnel focus effect with a blur applied inside or outside a circular region. If the inner radius of the circle is larger than the outer radius of the circle, the blur is applied inside the circle.

This filter causes rasterization in 3D groups. For more information on rasterization, see About Rasterization.

Creates a blur that simulates a fast camera zoom-in to a point. This filter causes rasterization in 3D groups. For more information on rasterization, see About Rasterization.