From 551988d7194bd1589e9d02bb86d3cd941e403de8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Good Guy Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:43:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Credit Andrea - added solution to potential A_KEY=1 setting for old projects using the Blur plugin --- parts/Plugins.tex | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/parts/Plugins.tex b/parts/Plugins.tex index 4672e3e..e35cad2 100644 --- a/parts/Plugins.tex +++ b/parts/Plugins.tex @@ -1167,7 +1167,27 @@ This is a Gaussian type blur. Other blur plugins -- \textit{Linear}, \textit{Mot \item[Alpha determines radius] use alpha to define the amount of blur to apply. (radius=gray value of alpha) \item[Blur alpha, red, green, blue] specifies which color channels is to be blurred. \end{description} -If you are getting confusing results, please click on the \textit{Reset} button in the dialogue/controls popup box and re-enter your desired values. +If you are getting confusing results with old projects it may be a +result of the discontinued parameter \textit{alpha determines radius}. +For compatibility reasons and for possible future development it +has been left in the code but hidden in the plugin's GUI. +The parameter for \textit{alpha determines radius} is +\texttt{A\_KEY}, which can be 0 or 1. When you press the +\texttt{Reset} button in the Blur plugin window \texttt{A\_KEY=0}. + +Old projects may have saved that parameter (A\_KEY) to 1 instead +of 0 and that may present a problem so you should do one of +the following workarounds to change it to 0. Then be sure to save +your project with these changes applied. +\begin{enumerate} + \item Click on the \textit{Reset} button in the dialogue/controls popup box and re-enter any of your other parameter desired values. + \item OR in the \CGG{} program, open the project. Click on the cog icon +(\textit{Preset edit}) of the Blur effect bar and the \textit{Keyframe +parameters} window is open. There, you can see the A\_KEY parameter +and change it: select the \texttt{A\_KEY} parameter and in the +\texttt{Edit value} box, change it from 1 to 0, then press the \texttt{OK} +button. +\end{enumerate} \subsection{BoxBlur}% \label{sub:boxblur} -- 2.26.2