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October 12, 2011
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P: Motion blur to follow a path or shape

  • October 12, 2011
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This is something especially important in automotive retouching.
Anybody who ever tried to replicate a motion blur taken in-camera knows this problem:
The blur in camera starts out thin and then fans out... almost impossible to replicate, right? Or worse... in a rig shot, it follows the curve of the road...ick!
How about these two options:
You start by drawing a path with your pen tool and then the motion blur gives you the option to select "follow path" and will curve your blur to match your drawing.
Same applies for drawing a shape. Use your pen tool to draw a rough outline of your curved street and the motion blur gets calculated to follow the movement and fanning-out of the shape.

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Inspiring
June 27, 2014
Yeah, we've been working on this for a while - it just took ages to make the performance reasonable.
c.pfaffenbichler
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 27, 2014
It’s nice to see feature requests being implemented and that a lot of user input is being taken seriously in general.
Inspiring
June 26, 2014
Now available in Photoshop CC 2014.
Known Participant
June 16, 2014
Also something that can use the motion vector output from 3D applications to create motion blur would be hugely useful.
Participant
June 10, 2014
Anything that could rival VirtualRig or Bleex would be excellent.

Vector blurring would be an amazing tool to have as part of the photoshop arsenal!
The fact that the 2 programs which have been around for years now can still command such a premium price suggests there is a market for this.

Not sure Adobe responds to these requests, but some news would be great!
Inspiring
April 24, 2014


Is there any way to implement a feature whereby Photoshop could apply motion blur to a path or set of splines?
There are apps that do this (Getbleex and Virtualrig) but they cost between one and two thousand Euros.
I know car retouchers who have been requesting this feature since the dawn of time.
Is there any way Adobe can impliment it in PS?
Inspiring
May 2, 2012
FYI: There is also another program that does this: Bleex at www.getbleex.com.
Participant
April 27, 2012
Being able to use motion blur in conjunction with the vanishing point filter would be fantastic for these uses too.
xajide작성자
Participating Frequently
March 2, 2012
That's the software I was thinking of too - the motion blur it creates is exactly what I'd love to see. I'm sure there's gotta be a way the guys at Adobe can either work with the company or figure out how it's done and apply it to PS, no?
Participating Frequently
March 2, 2012
i get plain shots of backgrounds, then i "rig" them (term for directional motion blurring), then i compose the car on top. we and every professional retouching company that works with car clients bought virtual rig because it is needed badly.