Tilt-Shift Blur

Keep a focus band sharp while blurring away from it for miniature, lens, and depth-of-field looks.

Written By Massimo Albanese

Last updated About 3 hours ago

Keep a focus band sharp while blurring away from it for miniature, lens, and depth-of-field looks.

Location

Layer / Filter / Blur / Tilt-Shift Blur

Select the layer to edit Tilt-Shift Blur in the Effect Panel. Open Parameters below for individual controls.

Double-click a control label to reset it. Use its function button to add keyframes or a driver.

Control	What it does	Default	Range	Nudge	Animation
Angle	Direction or rotation angle for the selected effect mode.	0	-360 to 360	1	Continuous keyframes
Blur Radius	Radius of the internal blur used to build the sharpen mask.	4	0 to 10	0.05	Continuous keyframes
Blur Radius Unit	Unit for Blur Radius.	%	Panel-defined	Continuous	Panel-dependent
Center X	Horizontal centre point for radial modes.	0.5	0 to 1	0.01	Continuous keyframes
Center Y	Vertical centre point for radial modes.	0.5	0 to 1	0.01	Continuous keyframes
Depth Falloff	Controls how softly the depth falloff transitions.	22	0 to 100	0.5	Continuous keyframes
Depth Falloff Unit	Controls how softly the depth falloff unit transitions.	%	Panel-defined	Continuous	Panel-dependent
Focus Width	Focus Width setting for this effect.	18	0 to 100	0.5	Continuous keyframes
Focus Width Unit	Chooses whether focus width is measured as a percentage or pixels.	%	Panel-defined	Continuous	Panel-dependent
Samples	Quality count for sampled blur modes. Higher values are smoother and slower.	32	4 to 64	1	Continuous keyframes

madphase 1.4.0

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