Apply Motion Blur Filter to Video in Photoshop CS6

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Video: Apply Motion Blur Filter to Video in Photoshop CS6

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, I'm going to show you how you can apply a Motion Blur filter to a video clip on Photoshop CS6 on Windows 7.

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   As we can see, there is already a video clip imported, here

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   You can find out how to do that in my other video. There is a Timeline at the bottom that shows the clips. They are also shown under the "Layers" tab on the right-hand side. If we want to put a layer over the top, then we need to ensure that our layers are smart objects. I've shown you how to do this in other videos.

   

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   Select the layer that you want to apply a Motion Blur to

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   Go to Filter at the top of the screen

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   Hover the mouse over "Blur", and select "Motion Blur"

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   As the name suggests, Motion Blur will show us a blurred image, as if it's moving. We can specify the angle that it's coming from, and the intensity as well.

   

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   First, go to the preview

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   We can drag the screen around by clicking and dragging with the hand.

   

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   We can also zoom out on the left, and zoom in on the right

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   We can also type in a degree for an angle if we know what we are looking for

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   Just click around here, and we can watch it change on the preview.

   

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   We can also change the distance

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   Here, it is ten pixels. We can type a number and see what happens, or drag the bar to the left for less intensity, and to the right for more intensity.

   

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   We can then press "Cancel" if we don't want to save, or press "OK" to save the changes and apply them to the canvas

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   Now, when we preview the video, we'll have the Motion Blur.

   

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    If we'd like, we can hide these on the right-hand side, by clicking on the eye where it says "Smart Filters" or "Motion Blur"

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    We can undo it by stepping back as usual.

    

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    This is a VisiHow video, and I've just shown you how to add a Motion Blur filter to a video clip on Photoshop CS6 on Windows 7

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    If you have any questions or comments, feel free to add them to the section below. We'll do our best to get back to you.

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