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Zoe24065982uee0
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May 23, 2025
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Enabling Motion Blur is causing object to go transparent

  • May 23, 2025
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Hey all! I am running into a problem where my layer is becoming transparent when I enable motion blur, is there anyway to fix this? I'm trying to animate this poker chip to rotate and move off screen.

Btw I have a one node camera layer

Correct answer David.Arbor

Hey @Zoe24065982uee0,

 

This can often happen when you're experiencing z-fighting—when two objects are occupying the same z-space. Since motion blur is making multiple copies of your layer, you might not have seen this with MB off. Try moving your poker chip a few pixels forward in z-space to see if it becomes fully opaque again.

 

Thanks,
- David, After Effects Engineering Team

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David.ArborCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
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May 23, 2025

Hey @Zoe24065982uee0,

 

This can often happen when you're experiencing z-fighting—when two objects are occupying the same z-space. Since motion blur is making multiple copies of your layer, you might not have seen this with MB off. Try moving your poker chip a few pixels forward in z-space to see if it becomes fully opaque again.

 

Thanks,
- David, After Effects Engineering Team

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Zoe24065982uee0Author
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May 24, 2025

Hi David! 

 

Wow thank you so much, moving it forward in z-space totally worked!

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David.ArborCommunity Manager
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May 27, 2025

Awesome, glad that did the trick!

 

-David, After Effects Engineering Team

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