Smooth Motion Blur
by realjahleel
Smooth Motion Blur adds a velocity-based motion blur effect for Fabric on the client, where each pixel smears along the path of camera movement.
What it does
Rather than blurring the whole screen evenly, the mod works out the direction of camera movement from per-pixel depth and the camera position of the previous frame, so only pixels that move smear along their own path. Fast flicks produce clean directional streaks, and the view snaps back to a crisp image once the camera stops.
The first-person hand, the HUD, menus and the center of the screen stay sharp. Strength is set with the command motionblur followed by a value from 0 to 300: 1 to 100 gives a natural range that matches real camera motion, and 101 to 300 gives overdrive streaks for cinematic footage. Hotkeys adjust strength in 5 percent steps and can be rebound, and the sample count grows as streaks get longer, so long smears stay smooth without spending frames on small motions.
The mod is published for Fabric only, for 1.21.11, and it is client-side only, so servers run without it. It is open source under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only, with source code available, and the author notes it is meant to sit alongside other rendering mods.
Key features
Velocity-based blur
Each pixel is reprojected from the previous frame, so smears follow the actual direction of camera motion.
Sharp focal areas
The first-person hand, HUD, menus and the screen center are kept crisp while the rest of the view blurs.
Adjustable strength
The motionblur command takes values from 0 to 300, and hotkeys change strength in 5 percent steps.
Adaptive sampling
Sample count scales with streak length, keeping long streaks smooth while small motions cost little performance.
Instant response
Blur reacts within a single frame and avoids the accumulation ghosting that older blur effects leave behind.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players who want a directional motion blur for recordings or everyday play, and who run Fabric on the client.
Questions
Does Smooth Motion Blur need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft version does Smooth Motion Blur support?
What strength should a new player start with?
In the catalog
Smooth Motion Blur is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
Velocity-based motion blur that makes your gameplay look buttery smooth. This mod recreates the way fast motion looks to the human eye: instead of uniformly blurring the whole screen, it reconstructs the direction of camera movement for every pixel and smears only along that path. Fast flicks produce clean…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/smooth-motion-blur
- Owner
- realjahleel
- Published
- 2026-07-14
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-07-17
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
