Technique #50. Soft Focus
This technique adds a nice, soft focus (or dreamy focus) to a photo.
key concepts:
filters
layer masks
Here’s the original photo I used.
Step One. | Press Command-J (PC: Control-J) to duplicate the Background layer. From the Filter menu, choose Blur>Gaussian Blur and enter a Radius that’s high enough to blur the details (use a number that’s a little higher than you think you should use).
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Step Two. | Lower the opacity ... |
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