Soft Focus

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Harvey L
Jun 22, 2004
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Any suggestions on a soft focus effect without using only smart blur
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nomail
Jun 22, 2004
Harvey L wrote:

Any suggestions on a soft focus effect without using only smart blur

1. Make a duplicate layer
2. Set the blending mode to ‘Lighten’
3. Apply ‘Gaussian Blur’ on that layer

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Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/
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screwface
Jun 23, 2004
On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 06:12:58 GMT, "Harvey L"
wrote:

Any suggestions on a soft focus effect without using only smart blur

http://www.powerretouche.com/ is a good filter set, IMHO

It has a filter called ‘soft filter’ which does a nice job.
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Roberto
Jun 24, 2004
Johan, that’s beautiful! Thanks!

"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
Harvey L wrote:

Any suggestions on a soft focus effect without using only smart blur

1. Make a duplicate layer
2. Set the blending mode to ‘Lighten’
3. Apply ‘Gaussian Blur’ on that layer

—
Johan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/

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