{"id":1146,"date":"2020-01-25T19:59:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T19:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/?p=1146"},"modified":"2020-01-25T22:16:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T22:16:13","slug":"portrait-photoshop-7-blur-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/25\/portrait-photoshop-7-blur-background\/","title":{"rendered":"Portrait Photoshop 7: Blur background to create a realistic depth of field effect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blur a background can draw attention to a focal point. <br>As always, the best way to do this is in-camera with a wide maximum aperture , F2.8 or low number. If you didn&#8217;t have the right lens with wide open aperture, Photoshop can help. In this example, we will use Gaussian Blur to blur the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSC09689-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSC09689-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSC09689-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSC09689-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSC09689-2-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSC09689-2-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSC09689-2-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/DSC09689-2-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>With the image open, duplicate the Background layer by hitting CMD or CTRL + J on the keyboard or by clicking and dragging the Background layer to the New Layer symbol at that bottom of the Layers Panel.<\/li><li>Use the select object tool to select subject. Please refer this post: <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/07\/how-to-use-object-selection-tool-in-photoshop-2020\/\">Portrait Photoshop 5: How to use Object Selection Tool in Photoshop 2020<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-32-1024x615.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-32-1024x615.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-32-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-32-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-32.png 1492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>3. Go to Select>inverse.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-33-1024x602.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-33-1024x602.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-33-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-33-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-33.png 1502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>4.   Pixels slider beneath and then moving the Pixels slider to the left or right the Gaussian Blur effect increases and decreases. Don&#8217;t over do it. You can check the preview to compare before and after.  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><\/li><li><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Located the Radius and <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"608\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-34-1024x608.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-34-1024x608.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-34-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-34-768x456.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-34.png 1499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5. Go to Select>Deselect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blur a background can draw attention to a focal point. As always, the best way to do this is in-camera with a wide maximum aperture , F2.8 or low number. If you didn&#8217;t have the right lens with wide open aperture, Photoshop can help. In this example, we will use Gaussian Blur to blur the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/25\/portrait-photoshop-7-blur-background\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Portrait Photoshop 7: Blur background to create a realistic depth of field effect<\/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-1146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146","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=1146"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1179,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1146\/revisions\/1179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}