diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/cursorRenderer.ts b/src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/cursorRenderer.ts
index 79e6da01..16538285 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/cursorRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/videoPlayback/cursorRenderer.ts
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ export interface CursorRenderConfig {
 }
 
 const MIN_CURSOR_VIEWPORT_SCALE = 0;
-// Preserve the cursor's stronger visual response while sharing the camera's
-// frame-rate normalization, kernel, and directional offset formula.
-const CURSOR_DIRECTIONAL_BLUR_STRENGTH = 4.8;
+// Keep the cursor visually responsive while sharing the camera's frame-rate
+// normalization, kernel, and directional offset formula.
+const CURSOR_DIRECTIONAL_BLUR_STRENGTH = 3.2;
 const CURSOR_TIME_DISCONTINUITY_MS = 100;
 const CURSOR_SWAY_SMOOTHING_MULTIPLIER = 0.7;
 const CURSOR_SWAY_SMOOTHING_OFFSET = 0.18;