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Make Fun Images Using Blurry Filters

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Before you Start:

Download the Tutorial Sample Below. This is a Hands-on Type of Tutorial, You can learn a lot by trying to do it with me! Don't worry, I will handhold you throughout the process~

Lesson 1: Mosaics

Mosaics are like a squarish censor of justice! I'm sure that everyone, at some point, wanted to put mosaics on their image for privacy or comedic purposes, so this section will teach you how!

The video below will show you how I did it.

Steps in a Nutshell:

1. Select the Layer

2. Select the Area you want to turn into Mosaic

3. Click Filter > Effect > Mosaic

4. Adjust the Tile Size

5. Press Ok

Lesson 2: Fish-Eye Filter

This one is mostly for making memes but it is still pretty fun to do. Let's make a derpy looking chibi using the power of filters! Remember, This is how fish see us! To them we look like funny creatures~

The video below will show you how I did it:

Steps in a Nutshell:

1. Select the Layer

2. Click Filter > Distort> Fish-Eye Lens

3. Adjust the Distortion

4. Press Ok

Note: If you want some finer tweaking just change the Area Selection & play with the Radius and Shape.

Lesson 3: Motion Blur

This is where more fun begins! Motion blur can give images the illusion of movement by blurring parts of it into a certain direction. As you can see in the image below, the Turtle hit our character at mach speed and sent him flying.

The video below will show you how I did it:

Steps in a Nutshell:

1. Select the Layer

2. Click Filter > Blur> Motion Blur

3. Adjust the Strength & Angle

4. Press Ok

Note: You can customize the movement some more by changing the Direction & Mode.

You can also just select an area you want to blur instead of a whole image.

Lesson 4: Radial Blur

It is time too unleash our ultimate power with Radial Blurs! Much like motion blurs it gives an illusion of movement but this time it starts from a single point and goes out in a circular manner. It is useful more making the characters seem more dramatic like the image below.

The video below will show you how I did it:

Steps in a Nutshell:

1. Select the Layer

2. Click Filter > Blur> Radial Blur

3. Adjust the Strength

4. Press Ok

Note: You can customize the movement some more by changing the Direction & Mode

Lesson 5: Fingertip Tool

For this part, we will be learning how to manually make smudgy blurs using the Finger Tip Tool. This tool blends the colors on the direction you are pushing it. It requires a bit of practice but I know you'll get the hang of it with time.

The video below will show you how I did it:

Steps in a Nutshell:

1. Select the Layer you want to Edit

2. Click Blend Tool-> Finger Tip Sub-tool

3. Click and drag to smudge the colors of the layer selected

Note: It works just like your finger so keep the direction in mind

Lesson 6 : Gaussian Blur

Do you want those nifty camera blur effects? Well, Gaussian blur will do the thing! Gaussian is a fancy name for a blur using advanced math function & fancy tech magic. It's hard to explain so we'll just play with an image instead! See that strange being behind our character? That's the gaussian blur effect!

The video below will show you how I did it:

Steps in a Nutshell:

1. Select the Layer

2. Click Filter > Blur> Gaussian Blur

3. Adjust the Strength

4. Press Ok