diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx b/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx
index 0e131cd7..71ef0530 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/SettingsPanel.tsx
@@ -2734,7 +2734,7 @@ export function SettingsPanel({
 										.maxDirectionalBlurPx
 								}
 								min={0}
-								max={32}
+								max={64}
 								step={0.1}
 								onChange={(value) =>
 									onZoomMotionBlurTuningChange?.({
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ export function SettingsPanel({
 										.maxRadialBlurStrength
 								}
 								min={0}
-								max={0.5}
+								max={1}
 								step={0.005}
 								onChange={(value) =>
 									onZoomMotionBlurTuningChange?.({
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/VideoEditor.tsx b/src/components/video-editor/VideoEditor.tsx
index fd3a3141..7f088dcc 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/VideoEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/VideoEditor.tsx
@@ -4361,7 +4361,8 @@ export default function VideoEditor() {
 						? (smokeExportConfig.fps ?? settings.mp4FrameRate ?? mp4FrameRate)
 						: (settings.mp4FrameRate ?? mp4FrameRate);
 					const pipelineModel = smokeExportConfig.enabled
-						? (smokeExportConfig.pipelineModel ?? "modern")
+						? (smokeExportConfig.pipelineModel ??
+								(smokeExportConfig.useNativeExport ? "modern" : "legacy"))
 						: (settings.pipelineModel ?? exportPipelineModel);
 					const useExperimentalNativeExport =
 						pipelineModel === "modern" &&
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/editorPreferences.test.ts b/src/components/video-editor/editorPreferences.test.ts
index ca1378dd..ef40d7b8 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/editorPreferences.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/editorPreferences.test.ts
@@ -75,8 +75,17 @@ describe("editorPreferences", () => {
 		expect(DEFAULT_EDITOR_PREFERENCES.cursorSway).toBe(0.25);
 	});
 
-	it("defaults MP4 exports to the Lightning pipeline", () => {
-		expect(DEFAULT_EDITOR_PREFERENCES.exportPipelineModel).toBe("modern");
+	it("bakes in the stronger split motion blur tuning defaults", () => {
+		expect(DEFAULT_EDITOR_PREFERENCES.zoomMotionBlurTuning).toMatchObject({
+			panVelocityThreshold: 0,
+			zoomVelocityThreshold: 0,
+			maxDirectionalBlurPx: 48.2,
+			maxRadialBlurStrength: 0.755,
+		});
+	});
+
+	it("defaults MP4 exports to the legacy pipeline", () => {
+		expect(DEFAULT_EDITOR_PREFERENCES.exportPipelineModel).toBe("legacy");
 	});
 
 	it("loads stored editor control preferences", () => {
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/projectPersistence.ts b/src/components/video-editor/projectPersistence.ts
index 9adb3608..f6550040 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/projectPersistence.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/projectPersistence.ts
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ export function normalizeExportPipelineModel(value: unknown): ExportPipelineMode
 		return value;
 	}
 
-	return "modern";
+	return "legacy";
 }
 
 export function normalizeExportMp4FrameRate(value: unknown): ExportMp4FrameRate {
@@ -360,10 +360,10 @@ export function normalizeProjectEditor(editor: Partial<ProjectEditorState>): Pro
 			? clamp(rawZoomMotionBlurTuning.zoomVelocityThreshold, 0, 0.4)
 			: DEFAULT_ZOOM_MOTION_BLUR_TUNING.zoomVelocityThreshold,
 		maxDirectionalBlurPx: isFiniteNumber(rawZoomMotionBlurTuning.maxDirectionalBlurPx)
-			? clamp(rawZoomMotionBlurTuning.maxDirectionalBlurPx, 0, 32)
+			? clamp(rawZoomMotionBlurTuning.maxDirectionalBlurPx, 0, 64)
 			: DEFAULT_ZOOM_MOTION_BLUR_TUNING.maxDirectionalBlurPx,
 		maxRadialBlurStrength: isFiniteNumber(rawZoomMotionBlurTuning.maxRadialBlurStrength)
-			? clamp(rawZoomMotionBlurTuning.maxRadialBlurStrength, 0, 0.5)
+			? clamp(rawZoomMotionBlurTuning.maxRadialBlurStrength, 0, 1)
 			: DEFAULT_ZOOM_MOTION_BLUR_TUNING.maxRadialBlurStrength,
 		panResponsePerSecond: isFiniteNumber(rawZoomMotionBlurTuning.panResponsePerSecond)
 			? clamp(rawZoomMotionBlurTuning.panResponsePerSecond, 1, 30)
diff --git a/src/components/video-editor/types.ts b/src/components/video-editor/types.ts
index e6a7c6f0..4110cb06 100644
--- a/src/components/video-editor/types.ts
+++ b/src/components/video-editor/types.ts
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ export interface ZoomMotionBlurTuning {
 
 export const DEFAULT_ZOOM_MOTION_BLUR_TUNING: ZoomMotionBlurTuning = {
 	panVelocityThreshold: 0,
-	zoomVelocityThreshold: 0.025,
-	maxDirectionalBlurPx: 11,
-	maxRadialBlurStrength: 0.175,
+	zoomVelocityThreshold: 0,
+	maxDirectionalBlurPx: 48.2,
+	maxRadialBlurStrength: 0.755,
 	panResponsePerSecond: 11,
 	zoomResponsePerSecond: 9,
 	zoomSafeZoneRadiusPx: 6,
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.nativeStaticLayout.test.ts b/src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.nativeStaticLayout.test.ts
index 2d5d3c41..7008a9c1 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.nativeStaticLayout.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.nativeStaticLayout.test.ts
@@ -308,6 +308,29 @@ describe("ModernVideoExporter native static-layout eligibility", () => {
 		).toBe("unsupported-background-video");
 	});
 
+	it("skips native static-layout when motion blur is enabled", () => {
+		const exporter = createExporter({
+			zoomMotionBlur: 0.8,
+			zoomTemporalMotionBlur: 0.6,
+			cursorMotionBlur: 0.4,
+		});
+
+		expect(
+			exporter.getNativeStaticLayoutSkipReasons(
+				{
+					audioMode: "edited-track",
+					strategy: "offline-render-fallback",
+				},
+				videoInfo,
+				59,
+			),
+		).toEqual([
+			"unsupported-zoom-motion-blur",
+			"unsupported-zoom-temporal-motion-blur",
+			"unsupported-cursor-motion-blur",
+		]);
+	});
+
 	it("collects every native static-layout blocker for beta diagnostics", () => {
 		const exporter = createExporter({
 			width: 1921,
diff --git a/src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.ts b/src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.ts
index 55f47923..c2457e59 100644
--- a/src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exporter/modernVideoExporter.ts
@@ -1409,6 +1409,18 @@ export class ModernVideoExporter {
 			reasons.push("unsupported-background-video");
 		}
 
+		if ((this.config.zoomMotionBlur ?? 0) > 0) {
+			reasons.push("unsupported-zoom-motion-blur");
+		}
+
+		if ((this.config.zoomTemporalMotionBlur ?? 0) > 0) {
+			reasons.push("unsupported-zoom-temporal-motion-blur");
+		}
+
+		if ((this.config.cursorMotionBlur ?? 0) > 0) {
+			reasons.push("unsupported-cursor-motion-blur");
+		}
+
 		const hasZoomRegions = (this.config.zoomRegions ?? []).length > 0;
 		const needsTimelineMap = this.shouldUseNativeStaticLayoutTimelineMap(
 			videoInfo,