Box Blur – After Effects Spotlight

Of the three basic Blur effects, Box Blur, Fast Blur, and Gaussian Blur, Box Blur is the most complex. It is similar to bot the Fast and Gaussian Blur, but it has the added advantage of an Iterations property, which allows you to control the quality of the blur. To apply a Box Blur, go […]

Radial Blur – After Effects Spotlight

I find myself using the Radial Blur quite a bit. It can create some intense effects by creating blurs around a point, simulating the result of a zooming or rotating camera. I have a starfield I created using Trapcode Particular. I’m going to apply a Radial Blur to it by going to Effect, Blur & […]

What is a Robots Meta Tag and How Do You Use It?

What if you don’t want a page to show up on Google? SEO is the art of controlling how your site interfaces with search engines. Usually that means getting as much exposure as possible, but there may be times when you want to exclude a page from search results, or restrict the way search engines […]

Gaussian Blur After Effects Spotlight

The Gaussian Blur effect blurs and softens the image and eliminates noise. Of all the blur effects, Gaussian Blur has the most simple user interface, which we will look at now. To apply a Gaussian Blur, select your footage, then go to Effect, Blur and Sharpen, Gaussian Blur. There are only two properties to this […]