Spin a basketball

Discussion in 'The Digital Darkroom' started by haunteddoc, Feb 23, 2012.

  1. haunteddoc

    haunteddoc Member

    Got a shot of a player spinning a basketball on his finger. ; Unfortunately I had the shutter speed set so the ball did not appear to be spinning. ; The pic would look a lot better if the ball appeared to have some motion. ; Anyone know how to make the ball appear as if it is spinning by using photoshop? ; I tried using the rotation blur filter but the rotational axis of the ball is perpendicular to the floor unlike the wheels on a car where the axis is parallel to the ground.
     
  2. Roger

    Roger Member Staff Member

    Rotate picture 90 degrees, use the filter, then rotate it back?
     
  3. haunteddoc

    haunteddoc Member

    Thanks Roger. ; Not sure that will work because I need for the ball to spin into the background. ; Just had an idea. ; Since the ball needs to spin horizontal to the floor, would just plan old motion blur work? ; Did I say the ball was spinning on the top of his finger? ; Or, how about using a displacement map of blur onto the ball?
     

Share This Page