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Linear Motion Blur

spatial warps & optics

Typeface · Contrail One

Schematic or classical approach — not a trained AI model output.
Schematic or classical approach — not a trained AI model output.Image: NASA / Eileen Collins · scikit-image (public domain)View source ↗

Prompt

Apply Linear Motion Blur, smearing image details along one consistent diagonal direction. Stretch highlights into parallel streaks and soften contours into continuous directional trails, with no circular movement or repeated hard-edged copies. Retain the underlying colors, exposure, and recognizable silhouettes. Keep the original subject and composition.

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Identify

All points smear along a direction of movement.

Principle

An anisotropic1 line kernel2 integrates multiple shifted pixels.

Try it out

Change the angle and length.

Classification

Schematic visualization, not neural inference.

Further examples · 7 images

Bahnhof Oberdöbling
02 Bahnhof OberdöblingA red train travels through a station with curved tracks and a vaulted roof. The train appears smeared horizontally, illustrating how a linear motion kernel integrates pixels along a specific vector of movement.Haeferl (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0 at · Wikimedia Commons
A2017U1 5gsmoothWHT enhanced
03 A2017U1 5gsmoothWHT enhancedA dark field shows celestial objects rendered as distinct white horizontal streaks. This demonstrates the effect of a uniform anisotropic line kernel applied to point light sources, creating uniform length and angle.Alan Fitzsimmons (Astrophysics Research Centre, Queen's University Belfast), Isaac Newton Group (https://www.ing.iac.es/ · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Bahnhof Hamburg Jungfernstieg (motion blur)
04 Bahnhof Hamburg Jungfernstieg (motion blur)A train passes behind a station pillar, visible only as a series of horizontal streaks. This demonstrates the anisotropic kernel effect where pixel information is spread strictly along the x-axis due to high-speed relative motion.Linus Follert · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Life in motion (9)
05 Life in motion (9)A scooter moves across a stone wall, resulting in a lateral smear. The subject exhibits a uniform displacement along the horizontal plane, providing a clear example of linear motion blur in a real-world capture.Myousry6666 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Blender3D com filter directional blur
06 Blender3D com filter directional blurThis image displays a digital compositing interface alongside the resulting directional blur effect on a vehicle. The node editor explicitly shows parameters for distance and angle used to create the anisotropic streak.User:Toni Grappa · GPL · Wikimedia Commons
AI illustration: A red car is shown with a horizontal streak effect applied within a softw
07 AI illustration: A red car is shown with a horizontal streak effect applied within a softwA red car is shown with a horizontal streak effect applied within a software interface. The smear occurs along a single axis, demonstrating a simple horizontal linear kernel applied to the pixels.Illustration generated for the Atlas (AI)