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Subject: ProPack question: 2D-Motion Blur -> Alpha?


botti ( ) posted Sat, 31 March 2001 at 11:07 AM ยท edited Thu, 30 January 2025 at 11:46 AM

I don't have ProPack yet (still waiting for localised version). So I'm still wondering if the built-in MB is really usefull for me. How does the alpha channel behave, when rendering with motion blur? Is alpha blurred correctly? Or will it be even 'killed'? BTW, can you compare the rendering time (and quality) of this feature with 3rd-party programs, like Reelsmart Motion Blur, and with rendering without MB? Thanks


JKeller ( ) posted Sat, 31 March 2001 at 11:59 AM

The alpha channel is not killed when you render with motion blur, but it doesn't exactly behave appropriately. The bluring will push out the mask so you will end up with a line around your figure when it is composited onto a background. Obviously this line gets thicker in areas where there is the most movement and more blur. If you can select a background color in Poser that matches the background your figure will be composited against, this effect can be minimized.

The rendering time seems to be very quick, but since it's rendered with everything else it's hard to tell how much time the MB actually takes. In a simple scene with one character in the default lighting setup it only appeared to add 1 or 2 seconds to each frame. It's just a checkbox available when you Make Movie so there is really no control over any aspects of it, but I've been very happy with the results I've had with it so far. I just got After Effects though, and don't have any other programs with MB, so I really haven't had a whole lot of time to compare and contrast.


botti ( ) posted Mon, 02 April 2001 at 5:53 AM

Thanks!


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