Guest host Jerzy Drozda Jr (Maltaannon) is back with another After Effects: Effects A-Z series tutorial, this time explaining the basics of the Channel Blur effect.
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3 Responses to this post
December 12, 2011 at 9:14 am |
Thank you so much for this. I was always frustrated by not getting the results I expected from blurring an alpha channel with channel blur, but now I know how to make it work… how very kind of you!!
December 19, 2011 at 1:12 pm |
Just wondering why you guys are making it so difficult to find all the After Effects A-Z video’s. It would be great if you could have it where we can find all of them on one page.
December 19, 2011 at 2:03 pm |
Making it difficult? Type in a-z in the search bar.
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