Photo of a high-speed train with a PS radial blur filter to create a galloping effect

ZOL ForumPublished: 2024-04-30 14:13:21 Author: shjiepai I want to comment
Photoshop has a set of built-in blur filters, including an interesting one called Radial Blur, which allows us to quickly create a flying effect

Here we use this filter to create a speeding "moving" car effect.

The operation is very simple, only requires a few steps, and beginners can quickly make it.

The first thing to look for online is a picture of a train like this, which looks like it's stopping or moving slowly

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Our best rendering, after processing the train from the original static feeling into a galloping effect

使用PS径向模糊滤镜打造疾驰效果的动车照片

Now let's get down to business:

Step 1: Press the shortcut CTRL+J, copy layer 1, CTRL++ three times, enlarge the image, and then use the Pen tool to move the image along the edge of the train with the H gripe tool to gradually select the train.

使用PS径向模糊滤镜打造疾驰效果的动车照片

Step 2: After the pen tool path is closed, right-click, pop up the menu, select Create selection, feather radius is 1 pixel, you can smooth the edge. After creating the selection, pressing CTRL+J will remove the train body and create a new matting layer. As shown in the diagram in Step 3

使用PS径向模糊滤镜打造疾驰效果的动车照片

Step 3: On layer 1, click the Filter - Blur - Radial Blur command to bring up the radial blur parameters panel, set the number to 16, the smaller the value, the smaller the effect. Below, if you click "Rotate", the fuzzy path will be blurred according to the concentric circle line; Click "Zoom" here, and it will be radially blurred with a central point as the base. There are three qualities, choose the sketch will appear a lot of pixel clutter, choose well will also appear some. I originally chose here is good, so there are some miscellaneous points appear, should choose "best". In the right center blur view area, click the mouse to move the center blur point. Here, you can feel the center point to move to the rear of the train, see my red arrow below. See the effect after the point is determined, and re-confirm the central fuzzy point if you are not satisfied.

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The final step: Create a white mask for Layer 1 and use the appropriate soft corner brush tool to erase distant figures, milestones, etc. where you feel you need clarity. You can also click on the zoom image before the white mask, and use the smudge tool to push the parts of the locomotive that should not be radially blurred, as shown in the figure, these small details can be used at your own pleasure.

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OK, the train effect has been processed. In order to impress everyone, let's find a picture of a tree to process it.

The radial blur filter used here in Photoshop is intended to give a beautiful effect of sunlight in the forest. Look at the original image first. The light is flat and lifeless

使用PS径向模糊滤镜打造疾驰效果的动车照片

I tried the radial blur several times this time, and the quantity value pulled to 100 is the best. But how do you make light effects? Here you need to select the highlight selection first, there are two methods, one is the shortcut key to select the highlight, because the version is different, I use CS3, the shortcut key is ALT+CTRL+~. Or click the menu: Select - color range - select - highlight, tolerance of more than 70 basic can be. Then after the two methods select the highlight selection, press the shortcut key CTRL+J to create a new layer of the highlight area, and then the radial blur can be completed in this layer.

使用PS径向模糊滤镜打造疾驰效果的动车照片

(After the radial blur, you can use the color balance tool to adjust the light tone and brightness, feel free to play)

使用PS径向模糊滤镜打造疾驰效果的动车照片

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