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Smear


    Using Smear, you define an area within an image and then move that area to a new location, stretching, or smearing, the surrounding part of the image with it. Create masks to define the area you want to distort.

    Illustration with these callouts: A. Boundary mask B. Mask offset C. Source mask
    A. Boundary mask B. Mask offset C. Source mask

    Processing can take up to several minutes with certain settings. Computation time increases as the source mask gets closer to the boundary mask. Processing is interrupted when you click a control.

    Illustration with these callouts: A. Original B. Source and Boundary masks set C. Resulting smear
    A. Original B. Source and Boundary masks set C. Resulting smear

    For more information, see the After Effects product section on Adobe's Web site.