In this tutorial we are going to take a photo, extract a central image, and set it in motion by giving it a motion blur. I am going to use this superman wallpaper, buy you can use anything you like.

Start off by selecting your polygon lasso tool, and selecting an outline of the image you would like to add the motion blur to.

Once you have it completely selected we are going to place it on a new layer. Press Ctrl+C to copy your selection, and Ctrl+V to past it. Your image should be pasted on a new layer in the same position that you copied it. This is just what we want.

Click on your pasted image.

Choose Filters > Eye Candy > Motion Trail

In my photo superman is moving upwards, so I am using a direction of 241. You can adjust the length opacity and taper of your trail in whatever way that best suits your image.

You should have something similar to mine.

Next I took the dodge tool and used it the brighten the main parts of the trail.

Here is how mine turned out.

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