No problem, my pleasure. Your doing great.
STEP 4
Turn off/deselect the “Plane copy 1” layer by clicking once n the eye icon of that layer.
Turn off/deselect the “Plane copy 2” layer by clicking once n the eye icon of that layer.
Turn on/select the “Plane copy 3” layer by clicking once n the eye icon of that layer.
Select/highlight the “Plane copy 3” layer by clicking once on the body of the layer in the layers panel.
Right click on the layer and choose “convert to smart object.
(Note: I’m not going to explain smart objects in detail. We will use one here because I want you to learn/know how to use a smart object. In this particular case so we can add a “smart filter”. By using a smart filter, we can adjust the Path Blur anytime we want. This is what’s called “non-destructive editing”)
When you do this, a small icon will appear in the lower right corner of the “Plane copy 3” layers thumbnail.
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Go to FILTER > BLUR GALLERY > PATH BLUR
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Adjust the path by using the endpoints so that it’s straight up and down.
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Set your Speed to 100%
Click on the bottom endpoint and set your endpoint speed to 160px
(Note: Your settings may be different for your image, you need to adjust these settings to YOUR liking!)
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This is how mine turned out.
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This is how your layers panel should look, note that the “Plane copy 3” layer is STILL selected/highlighted.
You will have a new layer mask below the layer with "Smart Filter" to the right, there will be and eye icon below that which reads "Blur Gallery"
These are just notations that let you know what components youve added to the smart object layer. I will explain how we edit the smart filter later:
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Just like step 3, we now need to flip this layer.
On your keyboard, hit Command/Control + T to enter free transform.
(Note: You will receive a warning window telling you that the Path blur will be disabled, click OK)
Right click within the bounding box and choose “flip vertical”
Don’t do anything else! Hit enter or click on the checkmark to accept the state change.
Your image should be upside down now and the Path Blur should return to the image.
Leave the “Plane copy 3” layer selected/highlighted, but turn on/select “Plane copy 1” layer.
Select your Move Tool.
Use the DOWN directional arrow key on your keyboard to move the “Plane copy 3” layer down.
Position just below the “Plane copy 1” image.
(Note: You can hold down the shift key to speed up the movement)
Your canvas will now look like this:
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Your layers Panel will look like this:
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Waiting for your post where you re-create the above step............with screenshots of the FINAL outcome, one of your canvas and one of your layers panel.
