# Need help with After Effect's

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-after-effects/118694
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [August 8, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-after-effects/118694 "2004-08-08T06:40:52Z")
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### Author: ![Xero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Xero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xero)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-after-effects/118694/1 "2004-08-08T06:40:52Z")

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Just need help on how to appy blur screen edge using a rectangular mask.

Didnt see a AE forum section or video editing so i just put it in random =/

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### Author: ![mlk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 9:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-after-effects/118694/2 "2004-08-08T09:20:08Z")

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You might have an option to apply the layer effect only to a portion of the layer but I haven’t bothered seraching… The one work around you can do though is:

to place the normal layer on the timeline  
to place the blurre layer beneath it  
to apply a mask on the first layer

and you end up with something like:  
 ![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/6753/84dd197b509afc7c.jpg)

Remember, you can also play with the mask option (ie having 2 squares and intersecting them, or inverting the masking so the the area inside the rectangle actually hides the layer and the area outside shows the layer, etc…)

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### Author: ![Xero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Xero](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Xero)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-after-effects/118694/3 "2004-08-08T11:24:00Z")

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I have already created a rectangular shaped mask with 300 feather. Now I need to find out how to blur the screen edges of a solid fractal noise. to make it blend in with the comp below it.

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### Author: ![mlk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-after-effects/118694/4 "2004-08-08T11:41:16Z")

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and using the same technique doesn’t work ?

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### Author: ![idoik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@idoik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/idoik)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-after-effects/118694/5 "2004-08-08T15:33:20Z")

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that image is cool!. i wanna get after effects:)!!!

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### Author: ![Exorcist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Exorcist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Exorcist)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-after-effects/118694/6 "2004-08-08T15:35:17Z")

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Is after effects made by Macromedia?

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### Author: ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-after-effects/118694/7 "2004-08-08T16:59:21Z")

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No, it is made by Adobe.

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### Author: ![mlk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/need-help-with-after-effects/118694/8 "2004-08-08T17:02:04Z")

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> [@idoik](#):
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> that image is cool!. i wanna get after effects:)!!!

you should see what it can do with _movies_ and someone who know how to use the proggy well