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- Online Tutorials
- Cleaning up blocky and noisy DV footage
- Creating smoother gradients to aid in tracking, keying or simply to create a stylized look
- Screencast tutorials and how-tos
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Blur without blurring over edges
SmoothKit's Gaussian Per-Pixel filter's "maximum deviation" is explained with an example that retains fine hair detail while at the same time smoothing out blemishes in skin.
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Vignetting and other per-pixel controlled blurs.
SmoothKit's Gaussian filter can be used to control per-pixel blurring and vary the amount of detail on a per-pixel basis.
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Depth of Field
In these examples we show how to create depth-of-field effects using SmoothKit ZBlur using color and depth images rendered from a 3D system.
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Directional Blur
Using SmoothKit Directional you can control the direction of a blur at each pixel independently.
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Directional Blur using splines
SmoothKit Directional with Splines uses AE's masks or combustion's rotosplines to interactively control the direction of the blur at each pixel.
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Time lapse streaks
Create super long timelapse-like streaks using ReelSmart Motion Blur and SmoothKit Frame Accumulate.
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SmoothKit Diffusion, better median filtering
In this example, we explain how SmoothKit DIffusion works. A specific example is given showing how better median filtering can be accomplished.
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Staircase and aliasing reduction
In this example, we show SmoothKit Staircase Suppress and its ability to reduce "jaggies" without unnecessarily overblurring.