Cool Background in 1 Minute

24. Mar, 2009 15 Comments

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Today I will show you a simple  effect in Photoshop that will result in a great background. You will need a good quality photo with good colors and of course a version of Photoshop.

I will be  using this photo that I’ve shot in my last trip. I like this picture because it has a lot of blues  and an ok contrast.

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Now go to Filter/Blur/Motion Blur and apply  these settings.

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And tadaaaam…you have your background.

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And you can always play around with some adjustment layer to change the colors or the contrast.

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15 Responses to “Cool Background in 1 Minute”

  1. tim Reply 25. Mar, 2009 at 4:55 am

    nice one. cheers.

  2. Johannes Reply 25. Mar, 2009 at 6:51 am

    I’ll give it a try, thanks

  3. Raymond Selda Reply 25. Mar, 2009 at 7:13 am

    I’ve seen a similar technique over at Tutorial9 using Gausian Blur but thanks to your article I’m inspired to try out different Blur methods. Thank you.

  4. Devlin Reply 25. Mar, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    Very nice, thanks for sharing.

  5. Alex Reply 26. Mar, 2009 at 12:41 am

    Top tips:
    - Repeat blurring if you’re not happy with the result.
    - Apply the filter Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask with high settings to get more of a ‘bang’ from the picture.

  6. sriganesh Reply 18. Apr, 2009 at 7:02 am

    ya, good , but i found it myself

  7. oscommerce templates Reply 21. Apr, 2009 at 11:49 am

    wow how simple it is..thanks for the tip

  8. Alex C Reply 22. May, 2009 at 6:16 am

    Thanks for sharing this. Very easy to follow and create some snazzy designs.

  9. Hideip.pl Reply 22. Aug, 2009 at 4:00 am

    Very nice trick dude ! Thank you so much ! Best Regards

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  10. mjp11114 Reply 07. Feb, 2010 at 12:28 am

    Dude, you are not serious with this! This is soooo cool and it's given me such amazing backgrounds that one would think it took hours of work to compile!

  11. Judith Ann Bridging Reply 12. Apr, 2010 at 4:08 pm

    Great post which give me some impressions how I can amend my script. The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.

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