Go Back   Sports Car Forum - MotorWorld.net > Hobbies and Leisure Time > Photography



Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 07-24-2005, 03:54 AM   #1
sameerrao
Regular User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: TX
Posts: 3,850
Default Photoshop question ...

How do you generate the following kind of image in Photoshop:



Basically I want the center of the photo in focus and the rest of the image blurry in a fashion to simulate motion
__________________

"Tazio Nuvolari - The greatest driver of the past, the present and the future" - Ferdinand Porsche
sameerrao is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-24-2005, 04:09 AM   #2
TT
Regular User
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Lugano, Switzerland
Posts: 23,178
Default

It's a radial blur:

Filters > Blur > Radial blur

then you pick "zoom" and not "spin"
__________________
TT is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 07-24-2005, 02:23 PM   #3
sameerrao
Regular User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: TX
Posts: 3,850
Default

Thanks TT ... I tried out spin and it wasnt right. Zoom is perfect-o!

__________________

"Tazio Nuvolari - The greatest driver of the past, the present and the future" - Ferdinand Porsche
sameerrao is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-18-2005, 04:34 PM   #4
c0wb0y007
Regular User
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Belgium
Posts: 554
Default

Originally Posted by sameerrao
Thanks TT ... I tried out spin and it wasnt right. Zoom is perfect-o!

Indeed, You can get the same effect just using a lens. The type of lens best suited for creating this effect is a "push and pull" lens. It are zoom lenses where you you have to push or pull in order to zoom. First you focus on the object, you push or pull (always zooming out and don't you too high shutterspeeds) and then you hit the shutterbutton. The strength of the effect depends on your shutterspeed and on your "pull or push" velocity.
It's a cool effect, but there is probably a tool in PS that creats the same effect.

Cheers
__________________
Sitting in the morning sun
I'll be sitting when the evening comes
Watching the ships roll in
And I watch 'em roll away again
Sitting on the dock of the bay
Watching the tide roll away
I'm just sitting on the dock of the bay
Wasting time



http://www.emotionworkshop.org
http://www.stunningnikon.com/
http://www.nikon.co.uk
http://www.sportsshooter.com
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/nikond3/
c0wb0y007 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump