Then, to hide the unwanted areas of the motion blur streaks and create the illusion that the subject is emerging from them, simply click at the point on the subject where you want the blur streaks to begin fading into view, then drag out a short transition area which will become the "fade in" area for the streaks. If you don't see the highlight border around the thumbnail, click on it to select it. You should see a white highlight border around the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette, which indicates that the layer mask, not the layer itself, is currently selected. Step 10: Drag Out A Black To White Gradient On The Layer Mask Select the black to white gradient by clicking on it in the selection box. Dragging the slider all the way to the right will give you the longest streaks and is usually what you want for this effect, but again, keep an eye on your image as you drag the slider for a preview of the results: Next, drag the Distance slider at the bottom of the dialog box to set the length of the motion blur streaks. Hold down your Shift key as you press the Up or Down arrows to increase or decrease the angle in 10° increments. You can also simply type a value for the angle directly into the input box and then use the Up and Down arrow keys on your keyboard to increase or decrease the angle. You can use the angle control wheel to the right of the input box to help set the angle by clicking inside of it and dragging your mouse to rotate it, keeping an eye on your image in the document window for a preview of the angle as you're rotating the wheel. In my case, the racecar appears to be moving uphill slightly, so I need to set my angle to around 2°. In many cases, the direction movement will be horizontal, either left to right or right to left, so an angle of 0° would work perfectly. First, set the Angle of the motion blur streaks so that they match the direction your subject is moving in. This brings up Photoshop's Motion Blur filter dialog box.
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You can also read our Full Power Of Basic Selections In Photoshop tutorial for help with getting the most out of Photoshop's basic selection tools:
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Check out our Making Selections with the Pen Tool tutorial for full instructions on how to use it. For best results, I highly recommend using the Pen Tool. Try to make as accurate a selection as possible. When you're done, you should see a selection outline (sometimes called "marching ants") around the entire object (or person, whatever the case may be). Use the selection tool of your choice (Lasso Tool, Pen Tool, etc.) to draw a selection around your main subject.
In my case, I want to apply the motion blur to the racecar, so the first thing I need to do is draw a selection around the racecar. To do that, we'll need to separate the main subject from the rest of the image and place it on its own layer. Instead, we're going to apply the motion blur only to the main subject in the photo. For our motion blur effect though, there's no need to do that because we're not going to be working on the entire image. In many of our photo effects tutorials, the first step is to protect our original image from harm by creating and then working on a duplicate of the Background layer.
Let's get started!ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF! How To Create A High Speed Motion Trail Step 1: Select The Object You Want To Apply The Motion Blur To
This tutorial is from our Photo Effects series.
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