Shotster Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 I like to do as much as possible non-destructively, so I was surprised to learn there was no live filter for Zoom Blur. That forced me to merge everything to a new pixel layer and then apply the Zoom Blur from the Filters menu. I was just curious if there was a technical reason it was omitted or if it's just an oversight. Also, as I recall, this effect is referred to as Radial Blur in Photoshop, so when I discovered that Radial Blur in Affinity Photo was not what I wanted, I almost gave up, thinking Affinity Photo didn't have this feature. FWIW, "Radial Blur" seems a more apt description of the effect, whereas what Affinity Photo calls "Radial Blur" would IMHO be more aptly named "Circular Blur". Ezbaze, Mr. Doodlezz, laskop and 1 other 4
RNKLN Posted July 21, 2020 Posted July 21, 2020 For me both Radial Blur and Zoom Blur perfectly describe what the filters are doing. Would be nice of course to also have a non-destructive version of Zoom Blur. Affinity Photo - Affinity Designer - Affinity Publisher | macOS Sequoia (15.6) on 16GB MBP14 2021 with 2.6.4. versions
Aftemplate Posted July 27, 2020 Posted July 27, 2020 On 7/21/2020 at 8:21 PM, Shotster said: I like to do as much as possible non-destructively, so I was surprised to learn there was no live filter for Zoom Blur. That forced me to merge everything to a new pixel layer and then apply the Zoom Blur from the Filters menu. I was just curious if there was a technical reason it was omitted or if it's just an oversight. Also, as I recall, this effect is referred to as Radial Blur in Photoshop, so when I discovered that Radial Blur in Affinity Photo was not what I wanted, I almost gave up, thinking Affinity Photo didn't have this feature. FWIW, "Radial Blur" seems a more apt description of the effect, whereas what Affinity Photo calls "Radial Blur" would IMHO be more aptly named "Circular Blur". Also missing mesh deformation Live filters. The more restricted you put on the program, the closer you program is to idiot.
Ezbaze Posted April 28, 2023 Posted April 28, 2023 I would really love to see Zoom Blur as a live filter, I have a bunch of icons that I had to use zoom blur on, and now to move them I would have to redo it all over again laskop 1
Darner Posted December 5, 2024 Posted December 5, 2024 Zoom Blur in Live Filter for Affinity Photo would be a great addition!! In order to support further none destructive workflow. Thank you. j3rry and laskop 2
Mr. Doodlezz Posted August 22 Posted August 22 I wonder why this request hasn't received much attention – and I also don't understand why Zoom Blur was left out as a live filter. It seems like such a natural fit for non‑destructive workflows, so why wasn’t this included by now?
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