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Hi - which effects are you referring to?

@@NickHillAnimation The focal blur doesn't happen with my project because I'm working with a 1080p project. No one else has gotten this right but you. And I really want this proper focal blur to happen with mine...but your Camera settings don't work in 1080p.

@@AranFever ah OK, in that case try increasing the camera's aperture - that will increase the effect of the blur so you should be able to see it. If you still can't, then play with the focal length: make the aperture really big first (try 100 or more, you can always dial it down later) and that should make it obvious what's in focus and what isn't.

@@NickHillAnimation Okay thanks, I got it now. So, what worked for me is, Camera settings set to Focal Length = 28mm, Film Size = 36mm, Zoom = 526.81mm, Angle of View = 65.47°, Focal Distance = 299.86, Aperture = 5.29mm, F-stop = 5.3, no Lock to Zoom; then timeline Camera Options are Zoom = 1493.3 pixels, Focus Distance = 850 pixels, Aperture = 15 pixels.

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@@Moses_Kanneh It's very easy indeed, no need for video. Basically make a Layer node (now you have 2 parallel/overlapped nodes: the upper node is the bottom layer, the lower node is the upper layer), then set the Layer mixer to Color. Upper node saturation at 0 (so B/N), while on the lower node start blurring until the moire is disappeared. In this way you can blur the color only, maintaining the B/N details. It is advisable combining this method with Power Windows for working only on most affected areas.

@@adrianocastaldini Thank you very much. I'm going to try this. I noticed Moiré in the some fabrics and jean pants while using a Sony a6500. I didn't think you could get rid of it. =^)

@@Moses_Kanneh Actually it's not so easy to get rid of it: it depends on moire amount (sometime could be sufficient a bit of denoise, sometime it's impossible to fix it). Anyway I'm sorry: I was wrong about a step: upper node is NOT monochrome, but has to be corrected in its hue values (via Hue or via RGB Mixer) in order to fix also the "brightness" moire. Also, instead of simply blurring the lower node (the one for Color blending) it could be possible to substitute the moired area with a "median" solid color. So you'll have 2 layer nodes: upper one with hue correction (to fix brightness moire) and the lower one (blended as Color) with a median solid color (in place of the color moired area). Anyway it's not always possible to go for it. Here a good old guide for Photoshop that could inspire also Davinci users: photographylife.com/how-to-remove-moire-in-photoshop

@@adrjork really would be nice to find a vid to lay out this approach in DR

Thanks Chris, that's a very valid point - we'll make sure we explain ourselves better in future tutorials. Apologies! :)

That's high praise indeed - thank you! :)