After Effects On the Spot[c] Time-Saving Tips and Shortcuts from the Pros

It's So Fast it's Blurry

Since we always needed another Blur Filter, the fine folks at Adobe offer us one more choice in After Effects 6.5. You can now access a Box Blur, which produces an effect similar to a Gaussian Blur. So why choose it? Well, it's a good deal faster and that may be reason enough alone.