Beginning with Shape Blur

Now that we know a little bit about what the Shape Blur filter actually is,…let's begin our project.…And take a look at how we can use this filter to create an image which is…more mysterious, or abstract, or…has a bit of a, kind of a psychological component to it.…What we'll do is we'll apply the shape blur filter to this middle layer.…We'll also add some noise, and…then do some masking in order to bring back some of the details of the subject.…And then we'll apply another filter as well, just for fun.…All right, so…target the layer titled Shape Blur, navigate to the filter pull down menu.…

Here, choose Blur, and then select Shape Blur.…Then, what we want to do is choose a shape.…For example, I'll try the arrow, and we want to change the radius.…Often what will happen is when you change the radius, you'll see more or…less of the shape.…Here, it's almost just kind of pulling the image across the screen,…which actually has kind of an interesting look.…As we increase the radius, we'll see more of that kind of pull and…