Heavenly Blur (mighty Quick And Easy)

[KansukeKojima 0]

Ok, this is a super quick and super easy photoshop effect. Its so quick and easy, I don't even need to post any screenshots to help you out.

 

 

1. Open Image

2. Duplicate Image

3. Guassian Blur the image at a radius of 2, and change its opacity to 70%

4. Duplicate original again and drag it to the top of the layers

5. Motion Blur it at 0 degrees at a distance of 20.

6. Motion Blur it again at 90 degrees at a distance of 20.

7. Set the motion blurred layer to a view mode of "Lighten"

 

I will post some before and after photos so you can see what it does.

 

Before

 

After

[dare13 0]

Would something like working on single layer have same effect;Blur the image, and than fade the blur using fade effect adding vivid light or similar blending mode.