Photoshop User - USA (2021-02)

S T EP 11: In the Toolbar, click-

and-hold on the Blur tool and

choose the Smudge tool from

the tool flyout menu. Up in

the Options Bar, click on the

brush preset thumbnail and

locate the brush we defined

earlier (it should be at the

bottom of the menu). Once

the brush is selected, set the

Strength to 97%.

Place the cursor over the

subject; your custom brush

should look like the outline

of the dancer. If it doesn’t, go

to Photoshop (PC: Edit)>Pref-

erences>Cursors, change the

Painting Cursors to Full Size

Brush Tip, and click OK. Use

the Bracket keys ([ ]) on your

keyboard to size the brush to

approximately the same size

as the extracted dancer. Then

paint a quick test stroke to see

how the Smudge tool works.

Press Command-Z (PC: Ctrl-

Z) to undo. The effect can

be done freehand by click-

ing-and-dragging, and it’s fun

to play around with; however,

for a finished look, using a

path gives you more control

and options.

STEP 12: Start by making a

duplicate of the subject layer

and then turn off that dupli-

cate layer for the moment.

Reselect the original layer

below by clicking on it in the

Layers panel.

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