Photoshop CC: Visual QuickStart Guide (2015 release)

16. Refocusing

In This Chapter

Applying a filter in the Blur Gallery

Applying the Smart Sharpen filter

Applying the Unsharp Mask filter

Applying the Shake Reduction filter

Using the Sharpen tool

In Photoshop, just as in photography, you can use focusing techniques to enhance a scene, such as a shallow depth of field to differentiate a subject from its background or blurriness to convey a sense of motion. And you can use sharpening methods to counteract the effects of resampling, to remedy blurring from camera shake, or to prepare a file for output.

In this chapter, you’ll blur areas of an image using the Field Blur, Iris Blur, Tilt-Shift, Path ...