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Directional blur

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Directional blur is a Blur & sharpen effect.

The frame before Directional blur is appliedThe same frame with Directional blur applied
Drag the handle. Directional blur applied on the right, the original frame on the left.

A blur along a single line.

ParameterControlRangeDefaultUnit
LengthSlider0 to 2000; higher200Pixels at composition size
AngleSlider-180 to 180; down to -3600 and up to 36000Degrees
MixSlider0 to 100100Per cent
BlendDropdownNormal · Darken · Multiply · Colour burn · Linear burn · Darker colour · Add · Lighten · Screen · Colour dodge · Lighter colour · Overlay · Soft light · Hard light · Linear light · Vivid light · Pin light · Hard mix · Difference · Exclusion · Subtract · Divide · Hue · Saturation · Colour · LuminosityNormal-
MatteLayerAny layer in the compositionNone-
InvertCheckboxOn or offOff-
ChannelDropdownLuminance · Alpha · Red · Green · BlueLuminance-

In the Effect Controls panel:

  • Matte scales Length per pixel: white streaks the full Length, grey a shorter one, black not at all. Invert reads that matte inverted.
  • Length is the length of the blur.
  • Angle adjusts the angle of the blur.
  • Mix: how much of the result replaces the original.
  • Matte and Invert drive the blur amount from another layer’s brightness, scaled by the blur amounts you set; see Effects.