I have an image that I want to add a sense
of motion to, and by using smart objects I can use motion blur to create a god
effect.
First thing I do is open the image in
Photoshop and then convert the image to a smart object by opening the layers
option in the menu bar and selecting ‘Smart objects’ and ‘Convert To Smart
Object.’ The image doesn’t appear any different accept the background image in
the layers palate is now labeled as ‘layer 0’ and the layer image has a small
mask object featured in the corner.
-The smart object allows you to add filter
in a non-destructive way, by being able to re-adjust any filter effects, the
smart object also automatically creates a mask for the layer, which comes in handy
as well.
After the smart object has been applied, to
create the effect of motion, I need to use a motion blur filter which is found
in Filters under the menu bar and then select ‘motion blur’ from the blur
option.
A window then appears which gives you the
distance of blur streaks in pixels and the angle to which the streaks face. As
the direction of the leading lines in my image forms a curve off in a
direction, I adjusted the angle to 77° and the distance set to
115 pixels. Once I have clicked ‘OK’ the image is then completely blurry, which
is not entirely the effect I want.
As
I only want to create a small amount of motion effect I need to take away a
portion of the filter, this is where the mask object applied in the smart
object comes in handy.
As
I want the sky to be clear without the effect and create a nice transition from
the clear sky to the blurred motion, I need to apply a gradient using the
gradient tool found along the toolbar (or by pressing ‘G’). Before I select the
gradient tool I need to have the mask selected, which is the white rectangle
below the layer.
After
selecting the gradient tool, make sure the gradient tool in the top toolbar is
set to ‘black, white’ as this will create the transition effect. Next I pick a
point where I want the transition to begin; I first select slightly above the
center of the image and drag the mouse while holding down the clicker to the
bottom of the image. I have the line directed slightly to the right, as I want
the transition to follow the edge of the horizon created by the road.
This
then separates the blur motion of the road, to the clear sky with a blended
transition.
If I want to make any further adjustments
to the blur effect, I can always side-click the tabs symbol beside ‘Motion
blur’ under the layer on the right panel and select ‘edit smart filter’ and/or
even adjust the opacity in the option above.
-What I have done is lower the opacity to 90% to bring back a small amount of detail from the original image.
-What I have done is lower the opacity to 90% to bring back a small amount of detail from the original image.
The very last thing I will need to do
before I am finished with my blurred effect is slightly crop the image using
the crop tool along the toolbar (or press ‘C’). The blur motion creates a
slight distortion at the very bottom of the image that I would like to erase. To
keep the same proportions of my image, in the top toolbar options, I need to
change the setting ‘Unconstrained’ to ‘Original ratio.’
Once I have cropped a very small amount of
the image, I drag the image so that the cropping border fits within the image
and then press enter to apply the crop.
At last when I am happy with the effect, I
then flatten the layer to form the background image again, this is done by then
selecting ‘flatten image’ in the menu bar under Layers.
The
end result of my blur motion image:
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