<p>In your Premiere timeline put two copies of the lower third above each other on top of the footage. Right click on the lower copy and choose <strong>Adjustment Layer</strong> from the context menu. Now it acts as a mask for any filters you apply to it, affecting only the opaque areas. Apply a blur effect to this adjustment layer and the footage below will blur where the lower third is opaque.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rSEn6.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rSEn6.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Now because adjustment layers use the opacity of the clip to set the strength of the effect you might find the blur won't be very strong where the lower third is semi opaque (this is what it looks like with the top layer turned off):</p>

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<p>You can fix this by making a duplicate of your lower third in After Effects with a more opaque background, and using that as your adjustment layer:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/5nYf4.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/5nYf4.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>And Voila! Your beautiful lower third with bg blur:</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Nom7K.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Nom7K.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2016-01-20T01:37:06.990Z
2016-01-20T01:37:06.990Z
stib
<p>I have a lower third that  I want to use in adobe premiere. It's slightly transparent and I put an adjustment layer on top to add a bit of blur. When I add some footage to the after effects composition it looks correctly blurred. The problem is when I export it that blur doesn't apply to the footage in Premiere (not even when I import it using dynamic link). Is there a way to make the blur apply to the footage without having to import the entire edited project from Premiere into After Effects? I don't use AE much and I'd hate to keep paying for it only for that one thing.</p>

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2016-01-20T00:55:55.237Z
Did you tried to make pre-comp?
Shultc
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2016-01-20T01:10:42.267Z
In premiere is the lower third on a separate track from the footage?
stib
<after-effects><premiere>
Make only a specific region of a video blurry
user2209024
# Make only a specific region of a video blurry

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-19)

I have a lower third that I want to use in adobe premiere. It's slightly transparent and I put an adjustment layer on top to add a bit of blur. When I add some footage to the after effects composition it looks correctly blurred. The problem is when I export it that blur doesn't apply to the footage in Premiere (not even when I import it using dynamic link). Is there a way to make the blur apply to the footage without having to import the entire edited project from Premiere into After Effects? I don't use AE much and I'd hate to keep paying for it only for that one thing.

**Tags:** after-effects, premiere

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Did you tried to make pre-comp?  
> **username_2**: In premiere is the lower third on a separate track from the footage?  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-01-20. Score: 0 | Accepted answer

In your Premiere timeline put two copies of the lower third above each other on top of the footage. Right click on the lower copy and choose **Adjustment Layer** from the context menu. Now it acts as a mask for any filters you apply to it, affecting only the opaque areas. Apply a blur effect to this adjustment layer and the footage below will blur where the lower third is opaque.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/rSEn6.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rSEn6.png)

Now because adjustment layers use the opacity of the clip to set the strength of the effect you might find the blur won't be very strong where the lower third is semi opaque (this is what it looks like with the top layer turned off):

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/wYbUe.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/wYbUe.jpg)

You can fix this by making a duplicate of your lower third in After Effects with a more opaque background, and using that as your adjustment layer:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/5nYf4.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/5nYf4.jpg)

And Voila! Your beautiful lower third with bg blur:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Nom7K.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Nom7K.jpg)


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