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Apply a motion blur to the layer.
Two smart filters are applied to the same layer.
6 Click the Visibility icon to the left of the Motion Blur effect. The Smart Sharpen effect is still active; it
is just hidden because you've turned the filter off. Click the Visibility icon in the Motion Blur line to
bring the Motion Blur effect back.
This feature of Smart Filters is great, but what if you want only part of the filter to be applied to the lay-
er? In this example, combining Sharpen and Blur filters doesn't make much sense. However, with a bit
of masking, you can allow certain areas to remain sharp, while other areas are blurred.
7 Click the white thumbnail to the left of the Smart Filters label, immediately above the two filter effects.
This is the default layer mask that is created whenever you add a Smart Filter. It will allow you to mask
out the areas where you don't want the filter effects to appear, while leaving the areas you do want
filtered alone.
8 Select the Brush tool ( ), and click and hold the arrow to the right of the Brush Preset picker in the Op-
tions bar at the top of your screen. Select the Soft Round brush preset, and use the slider to change the
Size value to approximately 45. Click the Options bar to make the Brush Preset picker disappear.
Select the Soft Round brush and change the size.
For more information about working with Photoshop brushes, review Lesson 5, “Painting and
Retouching.”
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