How do I make a man run REALLY FAST, like superman

Hi,

I have a man running, and I want to put motion trails behind him so he looks like he's running at the speed of light or something. I used motion blur, but it blurs both sides and doesn't give me a very long motion trail. Can anyone tell me a way to do the same thing but to get a long motion trail?

Thanks,
Stan

It could be anything, really, but try this for giggles and grins - it's not a final, but maybe will lead you in the right direction.

Use a big big brush and the smudge tool, set as high as it will go. Drag it on his feet behind him. It just might create the effect you're looking for.

thanks, i didn't think of that, I'll give it a try :)

Isn't there a Wind filter in there somewhere? As I remember it, it's directional.

Or, use the Wind Blur, horizontal, and History-Brush-erase the brur in front of Superman.

ob

Unfortunately, the Wind Filter isn't nearly as configurable and predictable as it could (or should) be.

I'm surprised every time I use it that I don't have to shovel another load of coal into Photoshop hopper.

:)

As I remember it, it's directional

Of course it's directional, Ho! Ever see non-directional winds? Not where I come from! :-) (the windy Dutch coast).
Rob

If you don't want to use drugs, I think I'd make the guy run really fast by making a copy of his layer and using the clone stamp tool on him with the size set really high, so you're cloning the entire body... and dragging it out behind him. Then add blur, gradiation, and maybe adjust the opacity to fade the speed layer back a bit behind the original image layer.

Art

Ah. Art gave me an idea. You can make a brush out of him. You select him, create a brush and then paint with it, varying opacity and scatter and such.

Sometimes the Wind filter works better if you Invert first, and then Invert back after running the filter.

Ho (from post 3), the wind filter is too short, I need a longer trail, but thanks.

Art,

Your suggestion sounds best so far, because I need a long trail. I was hoping CS2 had improved on the wind filter, but it's still exactly the same.

Regarding the short trail of the Wind filter, just run it several times in a row.

Art, your suggestion worked pretty well. Once blurring the trail, I duplicated the layer and heavied up the areas that needed to be darker.

John, thanks I forgot about that. I'll try to enhance Art's technique using your wind filter technique.

thanks.

Wind, combined with stuttered copies of the edge of the man, behind him each a little more transparent than the one before. It's kind of like the Six-million Dollar Man slow-mo running bit.

Speed lines don't happen in real life, after all, so this is a little cartoony.

Speed lines don't happen in real life

Yes they do - that's why they say "speed kills". At least that's what *I* thought.

hey guys,

speed lines also happen when superman runs really fast, but not for normal people. just thought I'd clear that up.

Ah. Cool. Then I'm not really missing anything, not being from Krypton and all...

:)

Point an AK47 at him.... NO... it's not a PS Plug-In