Smart blur in After Effects

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Smart blur in After Effects

Postby Wyverex » Sun Sep 01, 2002 7:29 pm

How can I use the Photoshop filter "smart blur" in After Effects? I've copied the 8BX file into After Effects' directory/Plugin-ins/Standard but it says it can't load the file.
I've tried with both PS 6 and 7 filters. I thought they were different but they're both 8BX extensions... Do I have to install PS 5?
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Postby klinky » Sun Sep 01, 2002 7:49 pm

Premiere and After Effects will usally only work with plugins written in their special SDK or sometimes Filter Factory. So *most* of the time you can't just drag a file over and expect it to work. If it doesn't work for you, then you're going to have to try to find a specific AfterFX plugin or I believe Virtual Dub has a smart blur filter that you can use. In fact I think dokidoki <a href="http://www.fiction.org/www/smoothiq/">wrote one, kinda sorta.</a> Not sure if it does what the Photoshop version does tho :oops:


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Postby Wyverex » Sun Sep 01, 2002 8:57 pm

But there is already some 8BX file (same as PS filters) in the AE plug-ins directory... So it should work.

I've already got Tim's plug-in but it's not the same thing as the smart blur in PS.

If anyone has Photoshop 5 or even 4 can he/she send me the smart blur effect filter? Maybe those version will work...
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