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How Can I Create That "Soft" Look From A Photograph
- Thread starter Afro1989
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in PS copy layer (so you have two identical layers) set the top most layer to 50% opacity, then go to gaussian blur (you 'll only need a very slight blur for it to work)
I like to dup the layer, then blow out the white point a bit using levels on one of the layers. Throw a little GausBlur on it, and drop the opacity and flatten.
done.
done.
Afro1989 said:
These are your blend modes. http://www.photoape.com/album/photo/index.cfm?albumID=3444&photoPage=1
surely a soft focus pic has to maintain the hard egdes of the original pic as well as the blur, nothing in modes produces that effectcrees! said:
HughJ said:surely a soft focus pic has to maintain the hard egdes of the original pic as well as the blur, nothing in modes produces that effect
What you do is duplicate the layer of the photo, image, whatever. Blur it just a little. Then cycle through the blend modes (cmd/ctrl-+) and use a low opacity. You can also apply a mask and use a brush with a soft edge. Maybe you haven't gotten that far in PS yet but when it was announced that Flash was incorporating blend modes into Flash 8 practically all us designers crapped our pants and gave each other a high-five afterwards.
crees! said:
erm, is that not creating more work for yourself? all that was asked was a soft focus...which is exactly what i created in literally two clicks...but i guess there are many ways to create similar effect's
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After:
This uses a couple of layers with "Soft Light" blending.
Layer 1 :Original image, colour corrected, background blurred.
Layer 2: Copy of original layer, Brightness and contrast increased by 10 each.
Saturation dropped to -70, Gaussian blur: 7.0 pixels. Blend to Soft Light.
Layer 3: Radial gradient from transparent to black. Blend to Soft Light again
EDIT: I hope the "before" shot is the right one. Work blocks Photobucket so I can't check!
I'll change it when I get home if it's wrong
After:
This uses a couple of layers with "Soft Light" blending.
Layer 1 :Original image, colour corrected, background blurred.
Layer 2: Copy of original layer, Brightness and contrast increased by 10 each.
Saturation dropped to -70, Gaussian blur: 7.0 pixels. Blend to Soft Light.
Layer 3: Radial gradient from transparent to black. Blend to Soft Light again
EDIT: I hope the "before" shot is the right one. Work blocks Photobucket so I can't check!
I'll change it when I get home if it's wrong
yeah, i usually dupe the layer, gaussian blur it a bunch, maybe tweak the levels, and then set to either overlay or soft light. adjust the opacity and bam. good contrast, good color, defined photo that still has that "day time soap opera" look to it.
Download the glamblur action here:
http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm
It's good stuff, maintain sharpness but you also get a nice blurring.
http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm
It's good stuff, maintain sharpness but you also get a nice blurring.
bartelby said:Before:
After:
This uses a couple of layers with "Soft Light" blending.
Layer 1 :Original image, colour corrected, background blurred.
you lost me there. how did you blur the background, without blurring the doll?
I think he masked the doll so that it does not get affected by the Gaussian blur filter.redAPPLE said:
raggedjimmi said:
I'm a fan of overlay. It seems to accomplish the effect with the least impact in terms of color fidelity.
Don't limit yourself to Gaussian Blur though. and extra layer of motion blur at different angles can give a bit more interest to the blur.