--- title: "Exposure Blur" url: "https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/html/exposure-blur.html" description: "A transition that blurs footage while bumping up the exposure to create a dynamic blend." --- # Exposure Blur Universe ## EXPOSURE BLUR [Video: Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_hero.mp4](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Multimedia/Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_hero.mp4) A transition that blurs footage while bumping up the exposure to create a dynamic blend. --- ### Presets If you need a flash of inspiration in applying Exposure Blur to transition between your clips, our one-click presets have you covered. Simply keyframe the **Mix** duration (see below) and tune to taste! Find these presets via the blue **Open Dashboard...** button or the **Choose a Preset...** button below it. ![Image: Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_presets.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_presets.png) As with all other Universe tools, you can modify or create an Exposure Blur look and then save it under its own name by pressing the **Save Preset...** button. --- ### Getting Started in a Timeline ![Premiere_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/premiere-pro_universe.png) ![FinalCutPro_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/final-cut-pro-x_universe.png) ![Vegas_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/sony-vegas-pro_universe.png) ![Resolve_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/resolve_universe.png) ![Image: avidmedia_universe.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/avidmedia_universe.png) 1. Drag the transition over your edit in the timeline, placing it at the end or beginning. Alternatively, you can place it between two successive clips. 2. Modify the **Duration** of the transition either by entering a length in the field or dragging directly in the timeline. 3. You can choose the **Alignment** (**Center at Cut**, **Start at Cut**, **End at Cut**, or **Custom Start**) either by positioning the transition in the timeline or by choosing from the **Alignment** drop-down in some host applications. ### Getting Started in a Compositor ![AfterEffects_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/after-effects_universe.png) ![Motion_icon](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/motion_universe.png) 1. Apply the transition to the layer from which you want to transition. 2. Choose the footage layer you would like to transition to in the **Transition B** drop-down menu. *(Note for Motion users:* Drag the footage layer up to the **Transition B** box.) 3. Animate your transition using the **Mix** slider from 0% to 100 percent. Set a keyframe for 0% where the transition should start, then set another at 100% for the end. --- ### Modify the Transition - **Exposure** sets how bright the transition will get. Below, we offer the half-way point through the transition shown in the animation atop this page. We show values of 2.00 (the default, left), 0.5 (center), and 8 (the maximum, right).\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_Exposure.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_Exposure.png) - **Blur** - Check the **Proportional**box if you want the horizontal and vertical blur levels to change in tandem. Then use the **Blur** slider to set the level for your blur. As a reference, here's the difference between values of 0.25 (left) and 1.5 (right).\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_Proportional.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_Proportional.png) - If you uncheck **Proportional**, then you can use the **Vertical Blur** and **Horizontal Blur** to set each direction of the effect independently. For reference, here's our base image with **Proportional** unchecked (left) followed by a **Vertical Blur** of 3 (center), then a **Horizontal Blur** of 6 (right).\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_VertiHori.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_VertiHori.png) - **Zoom Blur** sets a blur effect that moves out in z space. In this example, we use the **Zoom Blur** preset to show a parameter value of 30. [Video: Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_Zoom.mp4](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Multimedia/Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_Zoom.mp4) - The **Dolly** slider lets you move the camera a bit closer in along the z axis toward the B-clip layer. To illustrate, here are values of 0 (the default, left) and 100 (the maximum, right).\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_Dolly.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_Dolly.png) - The **Color Strength** slider works with the **Tint** color picker to allow you to add a color overtone to your transition. In the left image below, we start the Cool preset, which uses a **Color Strength** of 65 and a turquoise **Tint**. The right image shows the same parameter values, except with **Tint** changed to orange.\ ![Image: Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_Tint.png](https://help.maxon.net/rg/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/Uni_Transitions_ExposureBlur_Tint.png) - The **Blend Mode** drop-down menu offers the usual assortment of blending modes to composite your effect over the original image.