How to use motion blur in Poser

Motion blur is an effect that can be seen in photographs of moving objects. It is most noticeable when the photo is taken with a slow shutter speed or when the objects in the photo are moving at a high speed.

The idea is that the objects start to look more blurred.

Motion blur can also be used to give animations the illusion of movement. For example, in a programm such as Poser.

Read on and we will tell you how to use motion blur in Poser. It will be interesting!

Motion blur in Poser

To make motion blur work in Poser, you need to change a few parameters.

Firstly, these are individual settings for each camera. With Shutter Open and Shutter Close you can control how blurry the image can be.

Yes, yes, we know, that sounds a bit too spacey. Let's talk numbers instead. Well, the Shutter Open value is the shutter opening time in fractions of a frame, where 0.0 is the start of the frame and 1.0 is the end of the frame.

The shutter close value is the shutter close time in fractions of a frame, where 0.0 is the start of the frame and 1.0 is the end of the frame.

Similarly.

The greater the interval, the greater the effect of blur.

Unlike the shutter of a real camera, the settings responsible for motion blur in Poser are instantaneous.

Yes, although camera lenses are very fast, they still require a small amount of time to move between the closed and open positions. For example, if you set a start time of 0.0 and an end time of 0.5, the shutter will be open for the first half of the frame.

Well, the basics are done. We've just finished fine-tuning, but we haven't activated the motion blur itself yet. This can be done in the rendering settings.

Next you need to enable 3D motion blur in the rendering settings.

If you don't enable it, all the settings for Shutter Close and Shutter Open will be useless.

Note that FireFly and SuperFly have separate motion blur settings.

So you'll need to turn them all on separately.

In FireFly you need to enable 3D Motion Blur, and in SuperFly you need to enable the Motion Blur box.

This will enable motion blur for the scene in both render engines. The main difference is that in SuperFly, motion blur can also be applied to shadows, and its saturation and intensity is controlled by the Pixel Samples setting.

OK, but what is motion blur exactly for?

Let's look at this in more detail.

Motion blur is ubiquitous in games - the effect reproduces the dynamics in the image, as we said earlier. It is used to emphasise the speed of the action.

What types of motion blur are there?

There are two main types of motion blur - camera motion blur and per-object motion blur. The former blurs the entire image on the screen (including static objects), and the latter blurs only the moving objects in the frame, without affecting the environment as a whole.

Camera motion blur is most common in games: it is simply easier to use. The quality of the blur is directly related to the number of frames per second: the more frames per second, the smoother the image. And vice versa - at low fps, motion blur is too noticeable and distracting. Used correctly, the blur makes the speed in the frame look natural.

Scenes in Poser and similar programs are very clear: there is no movement, so you can use this approach fearlessly and with impunity.