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Happy new year. At this time
of the year we are reminded of how time flies. Its hard to
believe its 2002 already! In this tutorial we are going to play
with time to get movement. I will show you how to get a really
quick motion effect by using the history brush.
Lets start with a photo. I used one of an eagle
here, but this will work with any picture.
Filter>Blur>motion blur to apply a blur to the
entire image
I used a setting of 52 and set the angle to 0 to
create a horizontal movement effect.
Here is the result, an entirely blurred image.
Don't panic, I am about to show you how to undo just the
portions of the image that you choose.
In the tools palette, choose the History brush.
Open the history pallet, this is where the
history brush gets its information.
By clicking on a box next to a history state you tell the brush
what state you want to paint with. Select the state right before
the blur.
With a soft brush begin to paint over the eagle and you will
notice that the unblurred version is being restored. You can
shange the size of the brush by pressing the [ and ] keys.
And there you have your picture of the eagle with a rapid sense
of movement implied.
Experiment with this effect using different
filters and history states. It's a really useful trick to pop a
dull photo in a short period of time. |