On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>
> There's a lot of experience and art to it.
>
> For example, it seems like it would be easy to create a mask on the layer
> to not be blurred (subject) and simply blur a
> layer below it (background). But if they are quite different in color
> and/or brightness, most blur processes will spread
> the subject into the background area outside the mask.
>
> With Gaussian blur, I use an inverted selection from the mask to delete
> subject area from the layer to be blurred before
> doing so. Properly done, this prevents edge oddnesses.
>
> Different Blur choices have different effects. And now CC adds more Blur
> capability.
>
> Masking is the really difficult part for many images. Hair, leaves, etc.
> can be very tricky. There are plug-ins supposed
> to do selection magic, that I've not as yet tried. The illustrations for
> OnOne's Perfect Mask make it look like magic.
>
>
I just got that package with the promo deal - maybe I'll give that a shot.
I'll play with the image next week.
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Paul Braun
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"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
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