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This is the final result of this episode, the cyclist remains sharp while the city street background seems to move quickly. The effect uses a smart filter, so the blur strength can still be changed anytime. Let's start. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe Photoshop series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Regular filters permanently alter pixels. If the layer is first converted to a smart object, the filter becomes a smart filter that can be edited, turned off, and masked. Today we will create a speed effect on a cyclist photo.
Open the cyclist photo on the city street. Select filter, convert for smart filter, then OK. The background layer turns into a smart object, marked by a small icon in the corner of the thumbnail.
Select filter, Blur, Motion Blur. Set the angle to 0 degrees to align with the road, and distance around 60 pixels. Click OK. Below the layer, a smart filter row appears containing motion blur.
The entire photo becomes blurry, including the cyclist. Next to the smart filter text, there is a white thumbnail, which is the filter mask. Click the thumbnail, take a soft black brush, then swipe over the cyclist and the bicycle. The cyclist returns to being sharp, while the background remains moving.
It turns out the blur was too strong. Click twice on the Motion Blur text in the layers panel. The dialog opens again with the previous settings. Lower the distance to 40 and then OK. This is the main advantage of smart filters.
Smart objects also preserve the original pixels. If it is resized and then enlarged again using free transform, the quality remains intact, different from regular layers that become blurry. Click the eye icon next to the smart filter to compare before and after. Save PS so the smart object and filters can still be edited, then export JPG.
Done. We have converted the layer into a smart object, applied motion blur as a smart filter, used a filter mask, re-edited the filter, and understood the benefits of smart objects. In the next episode, we will tidy up many layers with groups and logs. Need to edit product photos for marketplaces, retouch photos, design posters, or social media content? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides photo editing and graphic design services, as well as opens Photoshop courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series, 102 episodes from the interface to the final project? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, source images, and layered PSD files, are available for premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy single classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.
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