<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>DIY Craft Photography</title> <atom:link href="/tag/blur/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link></link> <description>Product photography for handmade goods</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:53:22 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5</generator> <image> <url>/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-DIYC-site-icon-32x32.png</url> <title>DIY Craft Photography</title> <link></link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>Photoshop Tutorial: Fake a Background Blur</title> <link>/photoshop-tutorial-fake-a-background-blur/</link> <comments>/photoshop-tutorial-fake-a-background-blur/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[M. Johnson]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 07:00:08 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Photoshop Tutorials]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Post Processing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[blur]]></category> <category><![CDATA[photoshop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tutorial]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">/?p=406</guid> <description><![CDATA[One major drawback of digital photography (and point and shoot cameras in general) is that everything is in focus! But what if you’d like parts of your photos (such as the backgrounds) to be blurry and out of focus? In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use Photoshop to fake a background blur. The...</p><p><a class="more-link" href="/photoshop-tutorial-fake-a-background-blur/">Read More</a></p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One major drawback of digital photography (and point and shoot cameras in general) is that <em>everything is in focus! </em>But what if you’d like parts of your photos (such as the backgrounds) to be blurry and out of focus?</p> <p>In this tutorial, we’ll show you<strong> how to use Photoshop to fake a background blur. </strong>The blurry background (and sometimes foreground) effect is called<strong> “shallow depth of field”</strong>, just to give you some terms to search for if you’d like to read more!</p> <p><strong>Difficulty Level: Complete Beginner<br /> </strong><em>This tutorial was created using Photoshop CS5, but most image editing software packages have similar features! </em></p> <h1>Before You Begin</h1> <p><strong>First, ask yourself:</strong> will your blur make sense?</p> <p>Remember that you’re trying to create the illusion that some elements of your photo are blurry because they’re too far or too close to be in focus. If everything in your image is equally close to the camera lens, that blur effect will seem out of place. Here are two images that illustrate the concept:</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_bad_example1.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-410" alt="fake a background blur does it make sense" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_bad_example1-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_bad_example1-300x225.jpg 300w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_bad_example1.jpg 512w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_good_example1.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-411" alt="fake a background blur on images with depth" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_good_example1-300x225.jpg" width="300" height="225" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_good_example1-300x225.jpg 300w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_good_example1.jpg 512w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p> <p> </p> <h1>Photoshop’s Blur Brush</h1> <p>The Blur Tool is a great way to control how much blur gets applied and where. In Photoshop, find the Blur Tool in your tool palette.</p> <p><strong>Not using Photoshop? </strong>Most other image editors have this brush, including Pixlr Advanced (our <a href="/5-best-apps-free-photo-editing-online-2013/">favorite free online photo editor</a>).</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blur_tool.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-413" alt="fake a background blur with photoshop's blur tool" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blur_tool.jpg" width="165" height="136" /></a></p> <p>Set the Blur Tool’s strength to 50% so you can “layer” the strength of its effect. Resize the brush as needed for your image.</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blur_brush_settings.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-414" alt="fake a background blur with photoshop's blur tool" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blur_brush_settings.jpg" width="572" height="125" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blur_brush_settings.jpg 572w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/09/blur_brush_settings-300x65.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px" /><br /> </a></p> <p>Left-click and drag your blur tool over the area you want to blur. Left click again to re-apply the blur. <strong>Layering is best</strong> – apply more layers of blur on the furthest-away parts of the image, and less blur on the closer elements. Leave the foreground completely untouched so that it remains sharp.</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_brush.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-415" alt="fake a background blur with the blur tool in Photoshop" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_brush-300x228.jpg" width="300" height="228" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_brush-300x228.jpg 300w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_brush.jpg 505w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a></p> <p>The finished result:</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_before_after.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-416" alt="photoshop fake background blur before and after" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_before_after.jpg" width="614" height="230" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_before_after.jpg 1024w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_before_after-300x112.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px" /></a></p> <p>Another example made using this technique (look on the left and right sides of the blanket roll):</p> <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_example21.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-418" alt="before and after photoshop fake background blur" src="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_example21.jpg" width="527" height="307" srcset="/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_example21.jpg 879w, /wp-content/uploads/2013/09/fake_depth_blur_example21-300x174.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px" /></a></p> <h1>More Photoshop Blur Techniques</h1> <p>There’s more than one way to blur a photo! Here are <strong>two more Photoshop blur tutorials</strong> from around the web.</p> <ul> <li>Blurring the background in Photoshop using <a href="http://10steps.sg/tutorials/photoshop/how-to-blur-the-background-with-photoshop/">just a feathered selection and the gaussian blur filter – fantastic result!</a></li> <li>Gizmodo’s 1-minute long <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5889469/photoshop-cs6-will-easily-and-skillfully-fake-a-shallow-depth-of-field">video demonstrating Photoshop CS6’s new shallow depth of field filter.</a></li> </ul> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>/photoshop-tutorial-fake-a-background-blur/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss> <!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: https://www.boldgrid.com/w3-total-cache/ Served from: diycraftphotography.local @ 2024-06-28 17:49:49 by W3 Total Cache -->