CD / Blur

1.4M views · 1 year ago · explainer · evergreen

Captain Disillusion explains how blur works and how it can be reversed, in his visual-effects explainer style. He uses the Fourier transform and deconvolution to show how the ENHANCE trope relates to real image processing.

HN recommends it as an excellent visual illustration of how the Fourier transform works, and as a popular-science take on blurring and unblurring.

“has an excellent visual illustration of how the Fourier tranform works”

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@oh_fiddlesticks2025 · in “What Is the Fourier Transform?”
This video [1] from a visual effects channel (Captain Disillusion) has an excellent visual illustration of how the Fourier tranform works and how its used in visual effects in his video about blurring and unblurring ("ENHANCE!") images. 1. ▶ this video
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@Klaster_12025 · in “CD / Blur [video]”
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@fortran772025 · in “CD / Blur [video]”
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@derektank2026 · in “It's all a blur”
Captain Disillusion recently covered this subject in a more popular science format as well ▶ this video