The Pure Intensity Effect is a very simple PhotoShop effect designed to take a generic image and enhance in a very dramatic way.  By merging noise, film grain, blurring effects and posterization, we can take an image and vastly modify it. 

Please note:  this effect does NOT work on every type of image.  This was specifically designed for a personal project.  I am releasing this because this project used a couple of interesting effect / filter combinations.  Please keep in mind that it might not work for your image.  This is very stylized and this tutorial is probably best suited as an exploration into ways different effects can be used together.

This Adobe Photoshop tutorial takes a standard sports image (in this case football) and adds a curved motion trail behind it.  It also adds a few extra elements to enhance the effect of motion and movement.

While there are dedicated plugins to this type of effect (Alien Skin for one), the standard Photoshop user has limited abilities.  This tutorial hopes to allow users to have an option for creating curved motion trails.

This tutorial is the first variation of several.  Stay tuned for other versions.