Create a Long Exposure Effect in Photoshop (Raw included)

Learn how to easily create a long exposure effect for clouds using the motion blur effect in Adobe #Photoshop

To follow along this Photoshop Tutorial, you can download the raw file here:
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0:00 Intro
My goal for this photo was to introduce a lot more sunlight coming in from the right side, along with more vibrant colors while not loosing too much blues in the sky. As I went on with the editing, I noticed how I didn’t like how the clouds turned out. To counter this, I decided to add a motion blur effect and simulate the long exposure look this way.

0:11 1. Basic raw adjustments

I started by changing the profile to Adobe Landscape for more saturation. Then, I adjusted the white balance making the whole photo a little warmer. I slightly increased the exposure, highlights, whites and shadows to get more brightness. For the colors I added saturation and vibrance.

1:30 2. Local Adjustments

First, I added a linear gradient over the foreground increasing the texture and clarity to give the grass some more details. Next, I added a sky selection and dropped the exposure to make the sky a little darker. Also, I added contrast, clarity, and dropped the texture here. To further darken the sky, I added another linear gradient on the very top and again dropped the exposure here.

For the sunlight effect on the right side, I used two differently sized radial gradients. To create the glow, I increased the exposure, the whites, the blacks and dropped the dehaze. This led to a bit of overexposure, but in my opinion that’s fine in this area. Also, I increased the white balance temperature here to introduce more warmth.

6:26 3. Color Grading

In the hue tab, I dropped the green tones slightly as I didn’t like that much green in the photo. Next, I increased the orange and blue saturation and increased the red, orange, yellow and green luminance. For the split toning, I applied a warm, very saturated color to the highlights and the mid tones.

8:52 4. Photoshop

First, I added some more glow with the brush tool on a soft light layer.

9:33 5. Long Exposure Effect

Then, I copied the sky, put it on a new layer and applied a horizontal motion blur to it for the long exposure look. Finally, I adjusted the sky some more by giving it more contrast with a curves adjustment layer.