Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

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10
7
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The blurred area and
amount change.
7 Click and drag any of
the four corner anchors
to alter the size.
8 Click and drag any of
the four interior dots to
increase or decrease the
feather of the blur.
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8
9 Click and drag the
square anchor to
change the Iris shape
more into a rounded
rectangle.
0 Click High Quality to
create a more accurate
Bokeh highlight
( changes to ).
! Click OK.
The Blur tool is applied to the
image.
Note: You can optionally repeat
steps 2 to 10 using another blur
filter for a creative effect.
TIPS
Did You Know?
Clicking Save Mask to Channels
( changes to ) in the Options
bar adds a mask showing the blur
in the Channels panel. You can
then click the mask channel and
paint with white or black to
customize the mask shape.
More Options!
Create a selection in the photo
before applying one of the blur
tools. You can then apply the
Selection Bleed control in the
Options bar to adjust how the
selected area blends or bleeds into
the unselected areas.
Did You Know?
Use the Blur Effects tab to control
the Bokeh. Bokeh is a term used to
describe the quality of the out-offocus
points of light in a photo. The
Light Bokeh slider controls the
amount of the change. The Bokeh
Color slider acts like a saturation
slider for the out-of-focus areas.
The Light Range sliders determine
which brightness values the Light
Bokeh affects.
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