{"id":1626,"date":"2020-04-12T21:33:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-12T21:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/?p=1626"},"modified":"2020-04-18T00:50:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T00:50:06","slug":"how-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/12\/how-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Blur portrait by using Photoshop Lens Focus with Alpha Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may blur a background by selecting a background and Lens Blur filter. However, the best way to blur a background is using Alpha Channel plus Lens Blur Filter. Here is how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>With the image open, create an Alpha Channel in Channel panel.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-39-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-39-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-39-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-39-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-39.png 1510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. Still highlight Alpha 1. Click Radiant Tool to create Linear Gradient from the right to center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Capture2-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Capture2-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Capture2-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Capture2-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Capture2.jpg 1907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. Highlight all Channels except Alpha 1. Then go to Filter&gt;Blur&gt;Lens Blur. Select Alpha 1 channel. Check Inverse (because we blur starts at right eye). Adjust Radial, Blur Focus distance and more. Check and uncheck the Review to compare before and after. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"561\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Capture3-1024x561.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Capture3-1024x561.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Capture3-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Capture3-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Capture3.jpg 1347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. Click OK to complete it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may blur a background by selecting a background and Lens Blur filter. However, the best way to blur a background is using Alpha Channel plus Lens Blur Filter. Here is how. With the image open, create an Alpha Channel in Channel panel. 2. Still highlight Alpha 1. Click Radiant Tool to create Linear Gradient &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/12\/how-to-us\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blur portrait by using Photoshop Lens Focus with Alpha Channel<\/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-1626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626","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=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1691,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1626\/revisions\/1691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quicksetupguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}