This is the speed that the blur is ‘moving’ at, this can go up to as much as 500%. On the other hand, when you set Strobe Strength to 100%, the strobe flashes are produced in full strength but no continuous blur is displayed between flash exposures. When working with Filters in Photoshop, it is always a good idea to convert the image's layer into a Smart Object. Adjusting the Path Step 1. To duplicate a spin blur, use the following keyboard combinations: To resize the ellipse uniformly, drag an ellipse boundary. Basically move your mouse cursor over the external ring, at that point click and with your mouse catch held down, drag your mouse either clockwise or counterclockwise to turn the dial. Although the blur looks great for the hand on my image all the image is blurred.
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As Path Blur can be added to a Smart Object as a Smart Filter I’ll convert the layer now; Then I’ll choose Path Blur from the menu; This opens a new dialogue window with a default blur added; The blur direction is governed by the blue arrow placed on the image. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Isolate the blur effect by masking the areas where you want to keep detail.
Duplicating and moving a path Before we go any further, let’s take a quick look at my Layers panel where we see that I’m currently working on a copy of my original image.
Create a sense of speed by adding a blur that flows in one direction. The curve is produced automatically by the filter but we can alter this directly by having this selected.
Forget about it! I created the copy by pressing Crtl+J (Win) / Command+J (Mac) on my keyboard, which duplicated the Background layer. I’ll drag the pin up higher so it’s away from her eyes: To add a new pin, move your mouse cursor over the spot where you want to place it. Click inside its checkbox again to turn Preview back on and switch back to the blurred version. • Option -click (Mac) | Alt -click (Win) on a blue path curve point to convert it to a corner point (and vice versa). We will skirt the Blur Effects board for the present since we needn’t bother with it to include our primary obscure impact. Eric’s background in video editing with Adobe Premier led to his interest, and then obsession, with Photoshop. Choose Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift. For example, when you switch from Grain-type noise to Gaussian-type noise and then back to Grain-type noise. The obscuring impact under and around this second stick has now been evacuated, while the territory nearer to the underlying pin higher up in the picture still has the obscure impact connected: I’ll do a similar thing with the other eye, tapping on it to add a third stick to the picture, at that point dragging the external dial counterclockwise to set the obscure add up to 0.
To increase the music’s volume, we’d turn the dial clockwise, and to turn the music down, we’d turn the dial counterclockwise. • Command -click (Mac) | Control -click (Win) on the blue path or points to move a path. Here, for comparison, is my original photo once again: And here, after adding a few more pins around the image, is my final result: And there we have it! | You can add as many pins as you like to gain as much fine-tune control over the blur effect as you need: And as one more example, I’ll click and add a fifth pin just above her mouth, then I’ll rotate its outer ring counterclockwise to bring back some of the original sharpness in the lower part of her face: The only problem with these pins is that they tend to clutter up the image, making it difficult to see the effect underneath. Here’s the photograph I’ll be working with: The first picture Drag the controls to create a blur in the direction of the arrow. Use the Tilt-Shift effect to simulate an image taken with a tilt-shift lens. Use the Blur Gallery to quickly create distinct photographic blur effects with intuitive on-image controls.