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Figure 13-10. A Radial Blur applied in Spin mode. As you can see, this filter can produce an almost
vertiginous sense of motion. If you don't want to give people motion sickness, go easy on the
Amount setting. A setting of 5 was used here, but unless you're looking for a psychedelic '60s ef-
fect, 1 or 2 is usually plenty.
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Before using the Radial Blur filter, check out the Zoom Burst Effect in Guided
Edit→Photo Effects. It may be just what you want.
The Radial Blur dialog box looks complicated, but it's really not. (Call it up by going to Fil-
ter→Blur→Radial Blur.) Unfortunately, Elements doesn't give you a preview with this filter
because applying it requires so much processing power. But the dialog box gives you a
