

You should have something like this:Īnother technique for applying focus to an object or a person is to apply a Gaussian Blur to everything but the object/person you want to keep focus on. Open the file “Man” and make a duplicate of the background.Ĭhoose Filter > Blur > Radial Blur and select Zoom option.Īdd a layer mask (Layer > Layer Mask > Hide All) and paint carefully with a soft white brush to reveal only the running man and some of the ground in front of him.

Paint in the layer mask with white as shown below:Īnother cool effect you could add to make an object or a person look like it’s moving very fast is the Zoom Blur. Press Alt + Backspace to fill the layer mask with black and move it a bit upwards (press Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow once): Paint in the layer mask over the back of the car to create an illusion of motion.ĭuplicate this layer by pressing Ctrl + J. You should have something like the image below.Īdd a layer mask to the layer with spin blur (Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All) and use a soft black brush at 50% Opacity around the edges of the spinning wheels to remove any obvious/hard lines.Ĭreate another layer from all the visible layers by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E and apply a 700px Motion blur.Ĭhange the blending mode of this layer to Screen and add a layer mask by choosing Layer > Layer Mask > Hide All. The wheel should look like in the image shown below: This step will apply a Spin Blur to our wheel, making it look as if it is spinning fast.

Select Spin and drag the slider all the way to the left. Press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E to merge all visible layers into a new layer and use the Elliptical Marquee Tool to create a selection of the front wheel.Īpply a Radial Blur by choosing Filter > Blur > Radial Blur. I painted with red in the image below the areas which should be painted with black in the layer mask so you can have a reference.Īnd this is how it should look after you’re done: In the layer mask paint with a soft black brush over the car in order to have a motion blur effect on the background only. Open image “Car” in Photoshop and duplicate the background layer by pressing Ctrl + J.Īpply a Motion Blur by choosing Filter > Blur > Motion Blur.Īdd a layer mask to the blurred layer by choosing Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All. Let’s start by adding motion to a static vehicle.
