Motion blur softens fast zooms, pans, and animated cursor movement; turn it on in Effect → Zooms → Advanced zoom settings.
Turn on motion blur
- Open your video in the Tella editor.
- Click Effect in the sidebar, or press
E.
- Under Zooms, expand Advanced zoom settings.
- Turn on Motion blur.
- Drag the slider from Subtle to Strong to set the amount.
New Mac and Windows app recordings made with the Animated cursor start with motion blur on, unless you turned it off in an earlier video.
Motion blur works with manual zooms and Auto Zoom. Cursor movement is blurred when an animated cursor is enabled on the clip.
Change motion blur on one clip
Motion blur uses the video-wide setting by default. Adjust this clip only appears when your video has more than one clip. To change it for only the current clip:
- Open Effect on that clip.
- Under Zooms, expand Advanced zoom settings.
- Turn on Adjust this clip only.
- Turn motion blur on or off, or change its amount.
Turn off Adjust this clip only to make the clip use the video-wide motion blur setting and amount again.
Turn motion blur off
Open Advanced zoom settings in Effect and turn off Motion blur. Tella keeps your zooms, pans, and cursor animation but renders their movement without blur. Last modified on September 28, 2026
