My motion blur is not working at all.

[baileyw82860931]

I recently got After Effects and motion blur has not been working ever since I installed it. I am clicking the right button for motion blur in the timeline and it isn't working. I checked the composition settings and the shutter angle is at 180 and the shutter phase is at -90 and still no luck. The CC force motion blur and the Pixel motion blur are not working either. I wonder if it's because I am using a Mac. any solutions?

[OussK]

you must also activate the motion blur from composition timeline, so did you click this button?

Also you must have some object in action (move, rotate, scale...) to be able to see the motion blur, so if you want to apply a motion blur on a footage, it's a different story, and in this case you can use the CC force motion blur and if you don't see any result try to increase the shutter angle value as much as you need.

anyway i prefer to use the RSMB Plugin from revisionfx for this kind of motion blur https://revisionfx.com/products/rsmb/after-effects/

[Vijay_Bhandari8378]

Thanks didnt know about that was searching about it from yesterday 

[Rameez_Khan]

Hi baileyw,

+1 on OussK's comment. Did it help?

If not, let us know more about the computer that you're using. Which OS are you on?

I wonder if it's because I am using a Mac. any solutions?

I don't think that should be an issue.

Let us know.

Rameez

[Byron Cortez]

Remember that to be able to visualize the motion blur you need two actions: activate the Motion Blur in the Layer and activate it in the Timeline, both must be activated, otherwise it will not help you if you activate only one.

Regards!

[gocemkd]

Hi, I have the same problem, I am on Windows 10.  I have both icons checked nut no blur at all when moving rotating whatever.

Any ideas?

Thanks 

[Warren Heaton]

Hi, Bailey:

No, it's not because you're using a Mac.

It's most likely because you set the 3D Renderer to CINEMA 4D.  This disables Motion Blur.

gocemkd, this is probably what you're experiencing as well.

-Warren

[Rick Gerard]

Shutter angle in the comp settings + speed of motion + preview mode can add effect how motion blur is being displayed. We can't tell what you are doing without a screenshot showing the modified properties of the layers giving you problems. The C4D rendering engine also disables motion blur. There is no bug that I have seen reported so this is almost certainly user error.

To test motion blur create a new comp, make sure that the shutter angle is 180º in the advanced settings, add a rectangle using the rectangle tool in the top left corner of the composition, Press Alt/Option + p to set a position keyframe, press Shift + Ctrl/Cmnd + right arrow to move forward 10 frames, use the selection tool (v) to grab the rectangle and move it to the bottom left corner of the composition, move back 5 frames so you are in the middle of the move and turn on motion blur for the layer and motion blur for the timeline. You should see this:

[Marlon@centricity]

I'm having this issued and tried everything here. None of it worked. Just have three circles moving:

Motion blur active:

And here is my comp settings:

[xagau]

This solve the problem, also te shutter angle!  thanks a lot! 

[kitl60309797]

This is 100% the right answer. Thanks

[NVM]

Warren nailed it.  I've been using AE for 20 years and this stumped me today.  Set the 3D renderer back to Classic 3D and everything is back to normal.  Sometimes a slight turn of the scroll wheel on a mouse can switch a pulldown setting without being noticed.  That is what happened to me.  Thanks Warren!

[shinvin3]

Oh my god - thank you! I know you left this comment four years ago but I've just spent an hour pulling my hair out. Cheers.

[Dragos9]

have the same problem but on after effects cs6 and only force motion blur works

[ericb44746102]

I finally figured out how to get motion blur on my targa sequence by using pixel motion blur effect