Defocusing background in photoshop |
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At times you like some element or person to stand out from rest of the elements in a photograph. This can be achieved by defocusing unwanted or less important elements in the background. We’ll start by opening a flower shot. In this image we’d like our pink flower to stand out. We’ll defocus the leaves and others flowers to achieve the required effect.
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Use lasso tool (L) to create a rough selection surrounding the pink flower. |
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You can smooth out the selections by appling feather |
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From select menu click inverse ( Ctrl + Shift + I ). This will invert the selection. |
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| From filter menuselect blur>>gaussian blur. |
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| Use radius setting to achieve the proper amount of defocusing. |
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