Feature Preview: Edge Blend and Edge Blur
There are two new features in the Cinematic Effects Collection that provide ways to create composites of images and videos. These the Edge Blend and Edge Blur effects. The Edge Blend effects simply blends the edges of an image or a video into the background. This creates the effect that the two are merged together. The Edge Blur blurs the edge of the image or video, then blends it into the background. This creates a soft edge appearance for a more artistic look.
The following images show a background template, then an image within the template but without any blending.
The images below show how the slides look when Edge Blend is applied and then when Edge Blur is applied.
There is a subtle difference between the two.
You can sepcify size/amount of blending and blurring.
As with all effects, these can also be applied to video at 60fps depending on the quality of your video card.
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Comments:
This is something I have always wished for when adding an image to a slide. I think I prefer Edge Blend over Edge Blur. Edge Blur still has a hard edge to the image, that may be desired in some instances, so I am glad you gave us choices.
Currently to do that, I have to bring pics into photoshop, delete a gradient frame around the edges of the picture and save it as a PNG to preserve the partial transparency around the edges. This will eliminate the need for all those steps for pictures in SSP.