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Re: My first Photoshop Picture...
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Sat, 1 Mar 2003 15:30:22 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Wayne McCaul writes:
> Pretty groovy pic, I used the Flaming Pear - it's too bad it expires. I'm
> not sure if it's worth actually purchasing, however.
Yeah, I just used the demo and saved as many images as I could be it
expired! :)
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> I thought I'd chime in on making blurred images, though:
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> A better way to simulate motion is to make use of layers.
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> Take your ship layer and duplicated it, so you've got two. Then, take one
> layer and use the Motion Blur filter on it. Set the blur high, say 100
> pixels in Distance and set the Angle to the direction the ship is
> going/coming from. This should reduce the ship on that layer a series of
> colored streaks, more or less.
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> Now, change the Opacity of the Blured Layer to something like 35-40%. You'll
> have to experiment with this one, when the background is darker, sometimes
> it's harder to see the blured layer so you might need to set it higher.
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> You'll have to move this layer around a bit as well. It should look like
> it's moving, while the ship is still clearly visible. So it's just sliding
> it towards the back of the ship, so the streaks are coming off the rear.
> More experimentation.
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> You can also tweak the whole thing somewhat by using the Eraser (set at, say
> 20% - soft brush) on the blured layer to soften some of the edges of the motion.
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> This should leave the image of the ship basically clear, while still giving
> you that sense of motion. It looks like you may have done some of this. If
> so, sorry to blab on. Hope some of it was helpful.
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> I made a quick-and-dirty example:
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> Original:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Hazy/Temp/blur01.jpg
> Blurred:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Hazy/Temp/blur02.jpg
Hey, that's very useful! Maybe when I have some more time, I'll redo the
blurring.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
-JHK
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| Pretty groovy pic, I used the Flaming Pear - it's too bad it expires. I'm not sure if it's worth actually purchasing, however. I thought I'd chime in on making blurred images, though: A better way to simulate motion is to make use of layers. Take (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.space)
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