Photoshop Effects: Ghosting An Image

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Step 3: Copy The "Desaturated" Layer

I need to make a copy of my "desaturated" layer at this point, so with it selected in the Layers palette, I'll use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Alt+J (Win) / Command+Option+J (Mac) once again to bring up the New Layer dialog box. This time, I'll name the layer "motion blur":

Naming my new layer

Photoshop Effects: Create a copy of the "desaturated" layer and this time name it "motion blur".

I now have three layers in my Layers palette, including my new "motion blur" layer at the top:

Three layers now in the Layers palette

Photoshop Effects: The Layers palette now showing my three layers.

Step 4: Apply The Motion Blur Filter

I feel like I'm giving away the endings with my layer names, but oh well. With the "motion blur" layer selected, go up to the Filter menu at the top of the screen, select Blur, and then select Motion Blur. This brings up the "Motion Blur" dialog box. Normally you'd apply a motion blur to an object that's, you know, in motion, but applying it to a stationary object tends to give it a ghost-like effect, which is what we're after. When the dialog box appears, set the Angle to zero degrees, and then drag the slider bar at the bottom to the right to increase the Distance value until your image is blurred out quite a bit. Here I've set mine to 95 pixels:

Photoshop's Motion Blur dialog box

Photoshop Effects: Photoshop's "Motion Blur" dialog box.

Here's my image after applying the Motion Blur filter:

The image after applying the Motion Blur filter

Photoshop Effects: The image after applying the "Motion Blur" filter.

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