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Using radial blur for focus

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The radial blur filter is difficult to control because the interface doesn’t let you position the effect with a preview. One day it occurred to me to just make a big document, and place the image relative to the effect, rather than the other way around. If you combine equal parts of the spin and zoom filters, you can get something that resembles focus. Not bad for a motion filter!

Focus 02 from Jay Hagstrom on Vimeo.

Using radial blurs to create impressionistic focus.

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Jay Hagstrom

This is my "coursework in-progress" for a book about retouching and photorealism. Please feel free to pose any questions you might have about the tutorials in the comments section on post, or contact me directly by clicking ASK JAY at the top of this page. Thanks for any input, I'll really appreciate it!

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