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Light Speed


Make a new document, 1000x1000 pixels, white background.

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Be sure to have your foreground color black and background color white. Press "D" key to set them like this (default settings).

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Now go to Filters>Render>Clouds.

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Now apply the Mezzotint filter to this layer (filter > pixelate >mezzotint). Set the filter to Long Stroke mode and apply.

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Now apply the radial blur (filters > blur > radial blur) with the following settings. Set "Blur method" to Zoom and "Quality" to Best, also set the "Amount" to 100. Now you have the lightspeed effect.

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Let's colorize it a little. To change the colours go to Image > Adjustments > Color balance and adjust the colour balance like in the example. Again, these values are variable, so feel free to play and experiment.

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Light Speed Tutorial: Final Result



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