Wrestling With a Blur Effect in Toon Boom抗擊模糊效應香椿臂
For some time now Toon Boom animators have been crying out for a proper blur effect to add to their arsenal.一段時間以來，動畫卡通臂已經迫切需要一個適當的模糊效果添加到各自的核武庫。 If similar vector-based applications like Flash can manage to create bitmapped blur effects certainly Toon Boom can emulate that success?如果類似的基於矢量的應用，如閃光可以管理創造點陣圖模糊效果肯定香椿臂可以效仿的成功？
Toon Boom Studio 4 sought to bridge this missing feature with a feathering tool.香椿臂4演播室試圖彌補這一缺失的功能與羽工具。 Unfortunately, the limitations of this new tool were quickly uncovered.不幸的是，限制這一新的工具，很快被發現。
- Cannot be applied to pegs or multiple elements不能適用於釘或多個元素
- Cannot be modified over time無法修改隨著時間的推移
- Cannot be applied to more than one cell不能適用於一個以上的細胞
- Even at the highest settings the clarity of the feathering is not especially attractive即使在最高設置的清晰度羽不是特別有吸引力
While working on a雖然工作的 new cartoon新漫畫 last week I thought I had found a temporary workaround.上週我想我發現了一個臨時的替代方法。 The goal was a basic depth-of-field effect, where the camera changes focus based on the distance the subject is from the camera.該計劃的目標是一個基本的景深效果，而相機變動的基礎上重點的距離的主題是從相機。 After exporting a screenshot into Photoshop I applied a basic Gaussian blur to the image, then imported that back into Toon Boom.在出口的截圖軟件我申請到的一個基本高斯模糊的圖像，然後輸入該回到香椿繁榮。
Everything was going fine until I reached what I expect the Toon Boom engineers are going through.一切都將罰款，直到我達到了我期望香椿臂工程師正在經歷。 Toon Boom properly exported the animation to .mov format.香椿臂適當出口動畫。傳送的格式。 From there, however no program could properly change the dimensions, something that should have been quite simple.從那裡，但是沒有任何計劃可以適當改變方面，這本來應該很簡單。 The problem is that the transformed file would play just fine until it reached the first frame that had the bitmapped blur image imported.現在的問題是，改變文件將發揮得很好，直到它達到了第一幀的點陣圖模糊圖像進口。 The video playback would freeze while the audio playback continued.視頻播放將凍結，而音頻播放繼續。
The solution was convoluted, and involved exporting the movie from Quicktime as individual images, importing those images back into a new movie in Quicktime, then reimporting that movie into GarageBand to reapply the sound and music.解決的辦法是錯綜複雜，涉及出口和從使用Quicktime電影的個別圖片，這些圖片導入到一個新的電影在QuickTime ，然後reimporting說，電影到GarageBand中重新聲音和音樂。
The point being that there are a lot of behind-the-scenes technical limitations to applying a bitmap blur effect to a vector images.這一點是，有很多幕後的技術限制，採用模糊效果位圖的矢量圖像。 As an animator there’s nothing I want to see more than a blur effect in Toon Boom (and Wall-E).作為一個漫畫家沒有什麼我希望看到一個多模糊效果卡通樂園（和華爾街- E ）的。 As a programmer, I realize that there are many hurdles for the engineers to overcome as they strive to create this utility.作為一個程序員，我知道有許多障礙要克服的工程師，他們努力創造這個公用程式。
The final product will no doubt be worth the wait, and I’ll be first in line to purchase it.最終產品將毫無疑問是值得等待的，我將第一次在網上購買。
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June 16th, 2008 at 1:55 pm 2008年6月16日在下午1時55分
I haven’t tried any blurring in Toon Boom.我已經沒有任何模糊的香椿繁榮。 I’m quite used to them in Flash, so I was pretty disapointed when I found out Toon Boom didn’t have it.我很用於他們在Flash中，所以我很disapointed時，我發現香椿臂沒有它。 Considering, relatively cheaper and less advertised products (like AnimeStudioPro) do have it.考慮，相對便宜，不到廣告產品（如AnimeStudioPro ）也有它。 I was wondering, but I don’t know if this would be a RAM eater, what if you exported the character sequence into photoshop, then applied the gaussian blur there, reimport into TBS but instead of leaving them as bitmaps, vectorize them, and see what comes out?我不知道，但我不知道這將是一個吃內存，如果你的字符序列出口到軟件，然後採用高斯模糊那裡，再進口到TBS的，但不是讓他們的點陣圖， vectorize ，並看出來？ I don’t know, just a thought.我不知道，只是一個想法。
June 16th, 2008 at 9:01 pm 2008年6月16日在下午9時01分
Hey, what do you know?嘿，你怎麼知道的？ It does work.它的工作。 I reimported the blurred png, resized to save up on resources, and vectorized it as texture (not black and white) upon import.餘reimported的模糊巴紐，大小，以節省資源，以及它作為紋理矢量（不是黑白）進口時。 Works like a charm.工程就像一個魅力。 Size does go up a bit, so you must tweak the compression and export settings afterwards with the “.mov” file.大小確實去了位，所以你必須壓縮和調整後的出口設置的。 “傳送”的文件。 Added a sound file to see if it got screwed up.增加了聲音文件，看它是否得到眯縫起。 I think it works.我認為工程。 I’d be careful with it though.我很小心，但它。 It can melt your computer.它可以融化您的計算機。 :-P ：磷
CHECK OUT THE SWF.簽出的SWF 。
http://www.freewebs.com/rindolphus/Animations/blurswf.html
RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE TARGET FILE (.MOV and close to 4M)右鍵單擊並保存目標文件（ 。傳送和接近400 ）
http://www.freewebs.com/rindolphus/Animations/blur6.mov
June 16th, 2008 at 9:45 pm 2008年6月16日在下午9點45分
@Renato, very cool man. @雷納托，非常冷靜的人。 I think you’re right about not overdoing it, the file size could really get out of control and there has to be a threshold where Toon Boom will just yark all over itself.我認為你說得對，不要過度，該文件的大小可能會真的失控並必須有門檻，在裡面香椿繁榮將只是yark所有本身。
Blurring itself is useful, but an important skill for me is the ability to fade in/out of a blur, thus creating the depth of field effect.模糊本身是有益的，但一個重要的技巧對我來說是有能力淡入/出模糊，從而造成的景深效果。 To do that I added the blur to a color transform layer and adjusted its alpha over time.要做到這一點，我還來的模糊的顏色變換層和調整其阿爾法隨著時間的推移。 The那個 sample you posted on the Toon Boom forum抽樣您張貼在香椿臂論壇 might benefit from such a treatment (it looks awesome already, but if you want to play around with it): at the beginning of the shot the front-most row of houses would be crisp while the middle houses are blurred, with the third row very blurry.可能受益於這樣的治療（它看起來可怕了，但如果你想要玩它） ：開始的時候，開槍的前端最排房子將清晰而中東房屋模糊，與第三排非常模糊。 As the camera pulls in closer the middle would become crisp, while the first row become blurry and the third row becomes less blurry.由於相機吸引了更密切的中東將成為脆，而變得模糊的第一行和第三排變得越來越模糊。
Of course, all of this would be a ton easier if it was a simple slider in a transform effect directly in Toon Boom.當然，所有這一切都將是一個更容易噸，如果是一個簡單的滑塊轉換效應直接在香椿繁榮。 I suppose that was the point of this article though.我猜想，這是指向本文雖然。