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Adding
Dynamics to Photos with Plugin Galaxy
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Step
1: Open
any photo whose elements preferably have a vertical orientation like
the one to the left.
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Step
2: Select
the whole photo and paste it as a new layer.
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Step
3: Select
the Linear Mask effect of the Alpha Tool plugin and click on
the preview to blend out the area you want to leave unchanged. You may
have to use the slider to adapt the blending range and activate the
Invert check box.
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Step
4: Activate
the Bluuur plugin, select the Vertical Blur effect and apply
it with the slider set to 8 or 16.
As you can see
only the area that was visible in the Alpha Tool preview was affected.
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Variation
1: This time the Circular Mask
effect of the Alpha Tool and Zoom Blur from Bluuur plugin was used.
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Variation
2: Same as Variation 1, but this time with Horizontal Blur.
Additionally the Transparency was adapted with the Alpha Fade effect
of the Bluuur plugin.
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Variation
3: Same as Variation 1 or 2, but instead of the Bluuur plugin
a normal 8-pixel Gaussian Blur was applied.
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Variation
4: For this one the Frame I effect of the Alpha Tool and
Square Blur from Bluuur plugin was used.
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