Hello,
I searched around a bit, and found some hits for depth of field, but they weren’t related to video editing. Maybe the answer is the same? Is it possible to add a depth of field effect during video editing? If so, could someone enlighten me on the steps to do it? Very green here, not familiar with Blender.
Thanks! I didn’t find that specific page, but found some info similar on other sites. Problem is, it all says to select the Camera button–the camera that looks like a reel camera. But I do not see any Reel camera button in my properties.
What I have found, is it seems I have to duplicate the video. Apply Gaussian blur to the copy. Create a mask around the focal point, feather the edges, key frame it if necessary. Or like this, this way is a little different.
Heres an example of using the blur node for video. You don’t have to use the addon just make a new scene for the compositor and load the source video into it. Then use that scene as a replacement for the VSE source strip.
Yowzer! That seemed like so many steps! I am a total newb at Blender and video editing. I can’t see myself attempting that at this point. But thank you for posting that method.