Adding Blurriness to the Goggles for Additional Realism

Adding Blurriness to the "Goggles" for Additional Realism

Well, you've created your night vision goggles, and you've got them successfully tracking your suspect. But there's still a problem. The "goggles" as we have them right now have very sharp, unrealistic looking edges. They look exactly like what they are: two overlapping circles. To help achieve a more realistic and subtle look, we only need to blur these sharp edges. This will make the goggles appear to be slightly out of focus, a convention your audience expects that will help "trick" them into believing this effect, and thereby enjoying your clip.

Add the Gaussian Blur Effect to Remove the Sharp Edges of the "Goggles"

Switch to the Effects and Transitions view in the Media panel by clicking the Effects and Transitions button.

In the text box in the Effects and Transitions view, type gaussian.

Drag and drop the Gaussian Blur effect from the Blur & Sharpen folder in the Video Effects section onto the Title 01 clip on the Video 2 track on the Timeline.

With the Title 01 clip selected, go to the Properties panel and click on the triangle next to the Gaussian Blur effect to reveal the effect's controls.

Set the Blurriness to 50%.

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