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This lesson demonstrates how to disguise busy foregrounds, by creating movement trails. The motion trails represent people walking at different speeds - and this type of photographic effect is normally achieved using a long exposure. You will find a busy foreground image to practise with Here. Unzip the file and open it onto Photoshop’s workspace.
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards. Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your choice of image onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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Then from the toolbar, activate the Rectangular Marquee Tool - Lesson Here.
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Set the Feather to 0, then drag a marquee over the bottom half of the image, to incorporate the crowd - as shown below.
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Then from the top menu, choose Select then choose Feather, then set a Feather Radius of 20 Pixels. Then click OK.
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Now, press Ctrl then J. The area within the marquee is pasted as a new layer - in the Layers palette.
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Working on the top layer - Layer 1, from the top menu, choose Filter then choose Blur then choose Motion Blue. In the subsequent Motion Blur dialogue box, set the following attributes. Drag the photograph upwards, so it can be seen in the preview window. Then click OK.
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From the top menu, choose Filter then choose Distort then choose Wave, and set the following attributes. Then click OK.
Tip
Play with the Randomise setting.
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Now, from the toolbar, activate the Eraser Tool - Lesson Here!
Using the Basic Brushes, Brush Lesson Here - set a soft brush, and an Opacity of around 20%, then carefully remove areas of the blur.
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Continue removing more of the blur, and when you are happy with the result, from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image, then link here to save your work.
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