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Hi,
For the first time, I’m trying to ‘non-destructively’ edit an image. I’ve successfully adjusted levels by adding an adjustment layer, which wasn’t particularly difficult.
However, now I want to blur part of the image (to artificially change the depth of field). I selected the area I want to blur and tried creating a channel, and tried adding a vector mask, but I’m really not sure what I’m doing. When I apply a gradient and select blur, I don’t see any blurring happening.
I’ve had a read of the online manual, particularly Blur, Transparency and Gradients, but can’t understand enough to get a successful outcome. If someone could point me in the right direction I would be most grateful.
If the advice is to RTFM, please give me an idea what other topics I should be looking at and I’ll be more than happy to work it out for myself.
I’ve included links to 2 images. One showing the image in photoshop and the layers I currently have. In the other image I’ve highlighted in blue the area I wish to blur – as a gradient, where the blur is less at the bottom and stronger at the top.
BTW, I am using a Pentium4, WinXP, 1MB RAM and PS CS2.
Thanks in advance,
Steven
For the first time, I’m trying to ‘non-destructively’ edit an image. I’ve successfully adjusted levels by adding an adjustment layer, which wasn’t particularly difficult.
However, now I want to blur part of the image (to artificially change the depth of field). I selected the area I want to blur and tried creating a channel, and tried adding a vector mask, but I’m really not sure what I’m doing. When I apply a gradient and select blur, I don’t see any blurring happening.
I’ve had a read of the online manual, particularly Blur, Transparency and Gradients, but can’t understand enough to get a successful outcome. If someone could point me in the right direction I would be most grateful.
If the advice is to RTFM, please give me an idea what other topics I should be looking at and I’ll be more than happy to work it out for myself.
I’ve included links to 2 images. One showing the image in photoshop and the layers I currently have. In the other image I’ve highlighted in blue the area I wish to blur – as a gradient, where the blur is less at the bottom and stronger at the top.
BTW, I am using a Pentium4, WinXP, 1MB RAM and PS CS2.
Thanks in advance,
Steven
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