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04/21/2003 06:29:38 PM · #1 |
Post your comments, questions, and reviews for...
'Blurring a Background in a Portrait'
by timj351
View this tutorial here. |
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04/21/2003 08:22:54 PM · #2 |
I am not a purist by no means. What counts to me is the final image and if it involves substantial editing and manipulation, so be it. However, one should not be able to tell it has been manipulated in any way.
In your tutorial example i can clearly see the manipulation. I would suggest as a final step to use the clone tool on a new layer, with all layers checked, and bring in some of the grass from the bottom half of the picture. Then play with the opacity level of that layer so that the grass gradually blurs to barely nothing. Really a simple step for a finishing touch. |
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04/22/2003 07:28:03 PM · #3 |
I understand what you are saying and I agree. However, I stated clearly in the tutorial that I was overemphasizing the blurring effect so that it was easier to see. I am much more subtle and careful when I work on images for real. Just consider this tutorial for dramatic effect only : ) Thanks for the comments.
T
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04/22/2003 07:33:27 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by timj351:
I understand what you are saying and I agree. However, I stated clearly in the tutorial that I was overemphasizing the blurring effect so that it was easier to see. I am much more subtle and careful when I work on images for real. Just consider this tutorial for dramatic effect only : ) Thanks for the comments.
T |
i was gonna say, that is some serious overkill on the blur..haha |
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04/22/2003 07:41:42 PM · #5 |
If you check out the time on my computer you can see that it was nearly 1:00 in the morning when I was putting that tutorial together. I'm surprised it made any sense at all......or does it?
T
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03/05/2004 12:51:21 AM · #6 |
Tim, nice tutorial, one suggestion though. You could cut a step or two just by making a duplicate of the original layer, blur the entire layer(I suggest the new lens blur in Photoshop CS), then add a mask and fill it with a gradient. Then you can easily mask off the dog.
I might recommend another step at the end as well. Apply a lens blur over the finished flattened image with minimal or no blur but turn up the grain. This gives it an over all even texture to transition from the newly blurred area to the original sharp part and makes the seam between the two nearly undetectable. This also gives it a little more of a film look.
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03/05/2004 01:53:22 AM · #7 |
I agree. I have since learned some better ways to do this and I plan on making a new tutorial soon. Thanks for the input.
T
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11/18/2004 03:15:33 PM · #8 |
How about:
1)Mask the puppy
2)Apply Gaussian Blur
3)Delete the mask.
You can make the blur as heavy or as light as you wish.
Glenn |
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11/18/2004 03:34:25 PM · #9 |
| tim : that would mess it up.. the edges arround the mask will look distorted |
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08/24/2005 10:39:24 AM · #10 |
Hello
I see that alot of us in here use photo shop or adobe photo i have PaintShopPro8, will most of the information given work in PSP8 also.
my brain is going at Mach 9 now, i have already learned alot that i did not even know.
Thanks
Chris |
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