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Step by step introduce some funky blur

Play around with this technique next time you’re editing a landscape shoot

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01 Choose starting image

Open the woodland image and duplicate it with Cmd/ Ctrl+j. The ‘Background copy’ layer should be on top. Go to Filter>blur>motion Blur. Set the Distance to the maximum 2000 Pixels, and alter the angle to 90° to suit the vertical lines of the trees. You could change this for different types of scenes.

02 replicate the effect

Select the blurred layer and duplicate it using Cmd/ Ctrl+j. We did this twice, but you could always add more for a bolder effect. Select the layers that you have just duplicated, and set the blending mode to Overlay. Don’t despair if it looks hideous at this stage – we’ll refine it in the next step.

03 get in order

Change the opacity of your original layer to 25%. You’ll see that the foliage detail of the woodland merges pleasingly with the blurred layers. Drag the ‘Background’ layer to the top of the stack. When experiment­ing with your own images, alter the opacity levels and layer order for different results.

04 Boost the Colour

There are several ways to make the final result more impactful. We chose to boost the vibrancy levels. This adjustment increases the intensity of subtle colours, but is more restrained on well-saturated tones. Go to Image>adjustment­s>vibrance and change the Vibrance to +25 and the Saturation to +15.

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