The minimum stimulus-onset asynchrony required for perception of beta apparent movement was measured with point stimuli separated by visual angles ranging from about 0.1· to 5· and viewing distance as a parameter. For each viewing distance, the threshold for beta movement was a monotonic function of the visual angle with a strong linear increase over angles less than 0.25· (short-range function) and a much weaker linear increase over angles greater than 1.5· (long-range). The short- and long-range functions were differentially affected by increase in viewing distance: the long-range function increased in slope, but the extrapolated zero-intercept was constant; the short-range function changed in intercept, but not in slope. The results provide strong evidence for separate short- and long-range processes in visual motion perception.