You can produce some interesting selective blur effects with the Lens Blur filter in Photoshop. It is a technique originally created with a specialized camera and sometimes used in advertising images. Following is a quick tutorial on how to create a similar Lens Blur effect in Photoshop. Photoshop gives us a lot more control after the image is taken and how the blur is applied. It is a very effective technique great for emphasising a focal point or drawing the eye to a specific area of your photo.
First, create a selection on you photograph with the Elliptical Marquee tool. (situated on the rectangular marquee button).
Now feather the selection using Feather Selection in the Select – Modify – Feather Selection.
Type in 80 as a feathering range. (can vary depending on photo size)
Click on ok. Your selection may not change much on the screen but it will now be a feathered selection.
Click on Filter – Blur – Lens Blur. This will bring up a window for adjusting your lens blur settings.
Within this window you can adjust your settings. Select invert so that the outside of your subject is blurred. Below are the settings I used, you can adjust yours and experiment with your own settings to get an effect you are happy with.
And here is the final image. I love this effect and I am sure you will find many uses for it as well.
The Merry BRRR Christmas Digital Scrapbook Kit Clip Art features beautiful rich and warm tones are perfect to warm you up through winter and prepare you for the festive season. Get your Christmas cards ready and last years Thanksgiving and Christmas photos scrapped with this versatile and ornate digital scrapbook kit. Merry BRRR is now available in my Etsy store.
Check out some layouts I have done with Merry Brrr
This pretty baby pink digital scrapbook kit features a shabby chic style, romantic roses, flowers and splashes of silver. The Ala Pink Digital Scrapbook Kit is perfectly feminine and pretty. Little girls, young ladies, babies and mothers, the uses for this kit go far beyond the colour pink. Ala Pink is perfect for a wide variety of Digital Scrapbook Layouts, Card Making and other Crafts. Ala Pink is available in my Etsy Store and my Clikchic Designs Store.
This layout was done with the Ala Pink Digital Scrapbook Kit.
These Fabulous Designer Journal Frames and Photoshop Brushes with a little flourish and flounce are perfect for adding in a few words or paragraphs of journaling to give your digital scrapbook layout that finishing touch. The Designer Journal Frame set includes both the original .png image files and Photoshop Brushes (.abr). Experiment with a variety of colour and blend modes to maximize the versatility of this set. The Stamps are large in size to maximize your usage options. Designer Journal Frames & Photoshop Brushes are available in my Etsy store.
Perfect for a super quick layout in a graphically grungy style! Create a collection of photos on your layout with the Graphically Grunge Layered Template to show a precious event or moment with a touch of grunge. A special day, or just every day Project 365 photos. The possibilities are endless.
Fill (or clip to) the template layers with photos and or background papers to create your own unique layout where the design is done for you. This template includes a layered .psd, layered .tif, and separate .png file layers, and are able to be used in any application that supports layers, transparency and the ability to make selections. Check out the Graphically Grunge Layered Template now available in my Etsy Store!
Here’s a close up of my Graphically Grunge layout, yes that’s me when I was a baby. It is amazing how much our daughter as a baby looked so much like me as a baby.
Check out these designs now available in my Etsy Store and Clikchic Designs Store! These 8 fabulous Arty Farty frames are a wonderful way of accenting messy, dirty, boy photos or even giving a urban grunge edge to girl and teen photos. Each frame is large in size for maximum usage options. Perfect for all those grungy layouts! Included is a black .png version of each frame and .abr Photoshop brush set.
This classic Brushed Chrome Alpha is perfect for all your teen, child, and everyday layouts and layouts that need a little extra realistic metal styled zing. The Brushed Chrome Alpha is in my Etsy store and my Clikchic Designs Store.
