Problem: A drone shot with a 1/2000s shutter—crisp but unnaturally sharp.
Solution:
Result: Smooth, cinematic motion blur without re-shooting. RevisionFX ReelSmart Motion Blur Pro 6.0.1 Pre-...
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ReelSmart Motion Blur (RSMB) is an industry-standard plugin used to automatically add realistic motion blur to footage or CGI elements. Version 6.0.1 is a stability and compatibility update within the v6 cycle. The "Pro" variant distinguishes itself from the standard version by offering advanced tracking isolation, GPU acceleration (CUDA/OpenCL), and support for 32-bit float image processing.
Test environment: 12-core CPU @ 3.5 GHz, NVIDIA RTX 3080 (RSMB Pro 6.0.1 uses GPU for pyramid downsampling and warping only — not the core flow calculation).
Source: 1920×1080 EXR sequence, 30 fps. Problem: A drone shot with a 1/2000s shutter—crisp
| Scene Type | Additional Motion Vectors Pass? | Time per Frame (CPU) | Quality (PSNR vs ground truth 256-sample render) | |------------|-------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------| | Static camera, rotating sphere | No | 1.2 sec | 42.1 dB | | Fast pan with occluding rectangle | No | 2.8 sec | 35.7 dB | | Same, with supplied 3D motion vectors | Yes (RSMB accepts external .mov) | 0.3 sec | 49.3 dB |
Observation: Without external vectors, version 6.0.1 retains ~90% of the quality of a full 3D motion vector input, but occlusion boundaries exhibit slight smearing (3–4 pixels wide). Result: Smooth, cinematic motion blur without re-shooting