{"id":26150,"date":"2013-07-03T15:22:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T19:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=26150"},"modified":"2013-07-03T15:22:54","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T19:22:54","slug":"autodesk-smoke-power-tip-edge-blur-in-connectfx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/autodesk-smoke-power-tip-edge-blur-in-connectfx\/","title":{"rendered":"Autodesk Smoke Power Tip: Edge Blur in ConnectFX"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smoke and Flame guru Joel Osis shares his workflow for adding edge blur in Smoke’s ConnectFX – great for working with green screen or chroma key.<\/h2>\n

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If you’re looking to get clean edges in your chroma key and video compositing projects<\/strong>, this tutorial by Joel Osis<\/a> has you covered. \u00a0Getting a smooth key can be tricky…and adding an edge blur can sometimes produce a very unnatural effect. \u00a0In this Autodesk Flame and Smoke tutorial, Joel shows you how to successfully isolate and then add a slight edge blur to your keyed footage in Smoke<\/strong>. \u00a0Additionally, you’ll see how adding “regrain” to this blurred edge can help pull off the effect – making it look more organic.<\/p>\n

This Autodesk Flame and Smoke tutorial<\/strong> is geared toward video pros that are already have experience working with nodes and the ConnectFX effects interface. Adding an edge blur to your composited footage in Smoke<\/strong> is a subtle effect, but an important one for really ‘selling’ the composite.<\/p>\n

You may also be interested in Joel’s previous Autodesk Smoke tutorial on converting a 2D video image to 3D<\/a>. Thanks for sharing, Joel<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n