Create creative blur for photos on Adobe Photoshop

As soon as you capture the perfect moment, you can add a unique creative to the photo using the Blur editor in Adobe Photoshop.

If you haven't mastered the Blur tool, please see the following article for more details about this useful tool of Photoshop.

1. Use the blur feature in Photoshop

Or use simple free software to replace Photoshop.

1. Convert to Smart Object

In the Layers panel, right-click the image name and select Convert to Smart Object to add effects without permanently changing the original.

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2. Field Blur

To create depth for the image, select Filter > Blur Gallery > Field Blur . You will see a pin point appear at the image blur. Click on the point you want to keep the focus to create the next pin point, then adjust its opacity to 0 . Add multiple pin points to set different blurring levels for each area.

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3. Motion Blur

Create a sense of speed for the image, you just need to create a blur in a direction Select Filter > Blur > Motion Blur and adjust the Angle to connect to the movement direction of the object. Use the Distance setting to adjust the amount of blur.

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4. Refine and define

To isolate blurring effects use the mask of each area you want to keep in detail. In the Layers panel, click the thumbnail of Smart Filter and use the Brush tool to identify areas that are not blurred, giving the feeling that we are focusing on looking at the driver in the picture below.

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5. Add motion along the road

To create motion along multiple directions or follow a curve, select Filter > Blur Gallery > Path Blur . Drag the adjustment to create blur along the arrow line. Click and drag in other areas of the image to create fuzzy paths in different directions.

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