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How can I add motion blur to an animation to make it look realistic in After Effects?

How can I add motion blur to an animation to make it look realistic in After Effects? - After Effects Tutorial

From the course: How Do I Do That in After Effects

How can I add motion blur to an animation to make it look realistic in After Effects?

- Motion blur is something that you add to an animation. It's not an effect, but really it's a property that adjusts automatically. After all, when something moves quickly, the eye and particularly the camera, is a little bit of a streaking effect. This is just something we expect, and if it's not there, then the animation really stands out. You might not be able to put your finger on what it is, but it won't feel quite right. You can keep working with the one you were or switch to 6_3. In this case, I'm going to use the newer file, but let's play what this looks like. Here's the end result. You notice something quite a bit different about the animations. They seem a bit blurry, but only when they're moving. That's because we've turned on the motion blur option, and motion blur is pretty cool. Notice how the object is blurrier at the end than it is at the part, for example, on the exclamation point, where it wasn't…

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