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Directional Smear

Directional Smear moves retained history a small distance each frame and stretches it with Directional Blur.

Replace Motion sample — replace with camera or video with an image, video, image sequence, or camera.

  • History zoom X and History zoom Y set per-frame scale.
  • Drift X and Drift Y move history from -0.03 to 0.03 per frame.
  • History fade sets decay.
  • Source injection supplies fresh imagery.
  • Clear history resets retained state.

Select the reusable effect, then resolve Connect sources by mapping to one of your visual layers or choosing Include original source. Confirm with Add layers.

Move previous frame, Directional Blur, fade, and injection form the loop. Read Feedback for the retained-history model.