{"id":1103,"date":"2020-01-23T15:56:14","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T15:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2020-01-24T03:19:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T03:19:43","slug":"portrait-photoshop-1-use-blur-filters-to-soften-backgrounds-and-skin-tones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/23\/portrait-photoshop-1-use-blur-filters-to-soften-backgrounds-and-skin-tones\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait Photoshop 1: use Blur Filters to soften backgrounds and skin tones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In this example, we will use Gaussian Blur and Surface Blur from Photoshop filters to soften backgrounds and skin tones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Open the image and duplicate layer. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Note: there are multiple ways to duplicate a layer. 1) Click Layer>Duplicate Layer. 2). Click on the image in the Layer panel and hold it. Move it to bottom + <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    3) Right click on the image in the layer panel and select Duplicate Layer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Use select tool to select background. Note 1: you can select object and then inverse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Note 2: you can save the select by going to Select>Save Selection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    3. With the Duplicate Layer active, go to Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Increase Radius until you happy the result. Don’t overdo it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Note: you can also make a dark background by going to Image>Adjustment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    4. With the Duplicate Layer still active, go to Select>inverse, which will select object. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    5. To soften skin, go to Filter>Blur>Surface Blur. Adjust Radius and Threshold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    6. You may also want to use Sharpen Tool to sharp eyes and other edges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    7. This is the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    In this example, we will use Gaussian Blur and Surface Blur from Photoshop filters to soften backgrounds and skin tones. Open the image and duplicate layer. Note: there are multiple ways to duplicate a layer. 1) Click Layer>Duplicate Layer. 2). Click on the image in the Layer panel and hold it. Move it to bottom … Continue reading Portrait Photoshop 1: use Blur Filters to soften backgrounds and skin tones<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1116,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}