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December 26, 2024
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Motion Blur Artifact in AE Project for Product Storytelling

  • December 26, 2024
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I’m working on a creative project for a client (https://emiratesappliances.com/), where I’ve been given a set of product clips to stitch together into a compelling visual story. The concept involves imagining a rare appliance malfunction that would make the video curious and thought-provoking.

 

Here’s the problem I’m facing:

 

I’ve applied motion blur effects in After Effects to simulate a chaotic moment where an appliance malfunctions, but I keep encountering a weird artifact issue. The blur seems to generate ghost-like frames that don’t sync properly, causing a jittery look in the rendered output. I’ve tried adjusting the shutter angle, sample rates, and pre-composing the layers, but nothing seems to work.

 

This issue not only affects the quality of the story but also makes the scene less believable. Has anyone faced a similar problem or knows how to resolve it? Would appreciate any tips to ensure the motion blur effect runs smoothly!

 

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December 26, 2024

What is your specific workflow? A screenshot of your timeline with the modified properties of the problem layers would help us help you. Select the timeline, press the 'u' key twice, take a screenshot, and drag or copy and paste to the reply field in the forum (don't use Drag and drop here, please). We can probably figure out what is causing the problem if we see the timeline.

 

If you are not already using it, try Pixel Motion Blur. It renders a little slower but gives more realistic when other methods fail.