Adamski Effect
Jan 16, 2024 13:33:29 #
A member recently posted some photos using the Adamski Effect on the photos to obtain motion blur throughout the picture, but not a select subject. I thought this looked like some fun to play around with, but it turns out to be a real time-burner.
The picture is of my friend Teton Ken and his Donkey, Mary walking down a path from the old Stamp Mill at the Superstition Mountain Museum in Apache Junction, Arizona. To get the effect, I 'selected' them using Affinity Photo. Once I was satisfied with my selection, I saved the selected image as a PNG then deleted the selection.
Then I reversed the selection to include the entire image.
Next I selected the 'Motion Blur' from the Layers tab and gave it a value of 200.
Next was to recall the PNG and get it back where it was initially.
The second image is the 'Before' shot.
It took a lot of experimenting since I couldn't fine a YouTube to help me out, but the results are a fun learning process.
Jack Olson
The picture is of my friend Teton Ken and his Donkey, Mary walking down a path from the old Stamp Mill at the Superstition Mountain Museum in Apache Junction, Arizona. To get the effect, I 'selected' them using Affinity Photo. Once I was satisfied with my selection, I saved the selected image as a PNG then deleted the selection.
Then I reversed the selection to include the entire image.
Next I selected the 'Motion Blur' from the Layers tab and gave it a value of 200.
Next was to recall the PNG and get it back where it was initially.
The second image is the 'Before' shot.
It took a lot of experimenting since I couldn't fine a YouTube to help me out, but the results are a fun learning process.
Jack Olson
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Chopper Bill
Loc: East Tennessee
Wilderness Images wrote:
A member recently posted some photos using the Ada... (show quote)
I'm confused. The amazingly complex mechanical background provides a dramatically different motif compared to the old man and his donkey, and I like that; but then you blur the background with relative motion at right angles to the path of said man and mule which makes no sense to me. Shouldn't the blur relate to the motion of the subject. I'm missing something because I wouldn't have thrown away that background in the first place, although you did do a splendid job of isolating the man and his hooved companion.
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Looks like the old man is coming out of a time warp. I admire your tenacity to figure out the process. 
Jan 17, 2024 13:42:23 #
Not my cup of tea, but if you're into this technique Anthony Morganti has UTube video with some tips on its useage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpay6cPZLuM&ab_channel=AnthonyMorganti
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpay6cPZLuM&ab_channel=AnthonyMorganti
Jan 17, 2024 14:18:38 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
Chopper Bill wrote:
I'm confused. The amazingly complex mechanical bac... (show quote)
I see where you’re coming from, but if you switched the blur around, would that make it appear that the man and donkey were traveling around 100mph? It might be cool to try it and see if it makes a difference.
I like the original image as well, but with all the stuff displayed, it seems pretty busy. I think the blur was a wise move, although it might be interesting to see what the image looks like without the man and donkey and focus on the stamp mill. It might be one of those scenes where you need some long shadows to obscure a lot of the little details.
Either way, I still think it was a good piece of work!
Jan 18, 2024 10:39:28 #
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