About RE:Vision Effects SmoothKit

SmoothKit is a filter suite for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro that expands the standard blur and sharpen tools. It provides edge‑preserving blur, a proprietary sharpening method that reduces ringing, and independent control of luminance, chrominance, or each RGB channel. Additional filters include a jaggie‑reducer, a less blocky median filter, and intelligent reduction of MPEG block artifacts. Compound blur lets a grayscale image modulate blur size per pixel, and directional filtering offers per‑pixel direction and strength controls. In After Effects, spline‑based blur direction is available; Premiere Pro lacks this feature. A temporal filter enables multi‑frame processing, while Z‑blur uses depth maps for depth‑of‑field effects with an adjustable focal point. Version 4.0.3 adds an Apple Silicon fix running under Rosetta 2. SmoothKit is also bundled in the RE:Vision Effects Effections collections.

Features

• Blur and sharpening filter set that complements and extends basic blurs and sharpens
• Edge-preserving blur that softens areas while keeping sharp edges intact
• Proprietary sharpening technique that significantly reduces ringing artifacts
• Selective filtering of luminance, chrominance, or each RGB channel independently
• Jaggie-reducing filter for staircasing plus a less blocky median filter and intelligent MPEG block-artifact reduction
• Compound blur using optional grayscale images to modify blur size per pixel
• Z-blur depth-of-field control using depth maps with an adjustable focal point

Best for

Artists and editors using After Effects or Premiere Pro who need precise, edge‑aware blur and sharpen controls, depth‑based Z‑blur, and tools to mitigate compression artifacts.