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Motion Zoom

Motion Zoom

• Photoshop Motion Zoom- I've been absent from this site for a while, so I thought I'd jump back in with a simple yet effective Photoshop tutorial. This tutorial assumes you know how to create a basic selection and understand layers - but that's really it. I will be using Photoshop CS2 on Windows XP. I call this effect, for lack of a better term, a "motion zoom". This effect adds a blur that creates a zoom focused on a selected item in a picture. I have attached the photo I will be using called "skateboard.jpg". I find that the best pictures for this effect are ones with a busy background. Solid colors or plain backgrounds limit the effect. So, open up "skateboard.jpg" into Photoshop. -- Double click on the layer called "Background" to make it available to edit. I renamed it to "Zoom Background". You may do so if you wish. -- Next, select your "lasso" tool (L) and select around the skateboarder like so: [img]http://www.morriswebsite.com/ss/sshot1.jpg[/img]

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