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Soft Focus Filter FX John Woods Adobe Certified Expert Photoshop 7.0

This document describes how to apply a soft focus filter effect in Photoshop by duplicating an image layer, applying a Gaussian blur filter at a radius of 1.7 pixels to the duplicate layer, and adjusting the duplicate layer's opacity to 49% to soften the image as if shot through a soft focus filter.

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Soft Focus Filter FX John Woods Adobe Certified Expert Photoshop 7.0

This document describes how to apply a soft focus filter effect in Photoshop by duplicating an image layer, applying a Gaussian blur filter at a radius of 1.7 pixels to the duplicate layer, and adjusting the duplicate layer's opacity to 49% to soften the image as if shot through a soft focus filter.

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Soft Focus Filter Fx

John Woods
Adobe Certified Expert
Photoshop 7.0
Figure 1

Open the Mexican Hat Final.jpg

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Figure 2

Click on the small arrow at the top right of the Layers Palette, select Duplicate
Layer.

Figure 3

Duplicate Layer dialog box open.

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Figure 4

Change the name of the Duplicate Layer to Filter Layer.

Figure 5

Duplicate Layer ( Filter Layer ) shown in Layers Palette.


Filter Layer is selected ( Yellow Highlight )

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Figure 6

Select Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur.

Figure 7

Gaussian Blur control Panel open.

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Figure 8

Gaussian Blur effect at 4.8 Radius, on the image.

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Figure 9

Gaussian Blur control Panel open. Adjust the Radius to 1.7 pixels

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Figure 10

Gaussian Blur effect at 1.7 Radius, on the image.

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Figure 11

Click on the Opacity Slider on the Filter Layer in the Layers Palette.

Figure 12

Adjust the Opacity Slider on the Filter Layer to 49%

Figure 12

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Figure 13

Results of Adjusting the Opacity Slider on the Filter Layer to 49%. Image is
softened down like it was shot through a Soft Focus filter.

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Figure 14

Click on the small arrow at the top right of the Layers Palette, select Flatten Image.

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