Photographic Blur Gallery | Cs6; Blur Gallery - Adobe Photoshop CS6 User Manual

Photographic blur gallery | CS6

Blur gallery

Applying Blur gallery effects as smart filters | Creative Cloud only
Blur effects
Use the Blur gallery to quickly create three distinct photographic blur effects with intuitive on-image controls.
Add Field Blur, Iris Blur, or a Tilt-Shift effect to a picture. Each blur tool provides intuitive overlay controls to apply and control the blur effect. With
the blur adjustments complete, use the Bokeh controls to style the overall blur effect. Photoshop provides a full-size, live preview when you work
with the blur gallery.
Choose Filter > Blur and then select Field Blur, Iris Blur, or Tilt-Shift.
Blur gallery
Field Blur Use the Field Blur to define blur values across several areas in your photograph.
Iris Blur Use the Iris Blur to simulate a shallow depth-of-field effect.
Tilt-Shift Use the Tilt-Shift effect to simulate an image taken with a tilt-shift lens. This special effect blur defines area of sharpness, and then
fades to a blur at the edges. This is used to simulate "miniature" pictures.
You can apply each blur by itself, or in combination with other blurs to achieve interesting results.
For information on other blur effects, see Adjusting image sharpness and blur.
Field blur
Use Field Blur to build a gradient of blurs, by defining multiple blur points with different amounts of blur. Add multiple pins to the image and specify
a blur amount for each pin.
The final result is combined effect of all blur pins on the image. You can even add a pin outside the image, to apply the blur at corners.
1. Choose Filter > Blur > Field Blur.
A Field blur pin is placed on the image. Click the image to add additional blur pins.
2. Click a pin to select it, and do one of the following:
Drag the blur handle to increase or decrease the blur. You can also use the Blur Tools panel to specify a blur value.
Drag the pin to a new location.
Press Delete to remove it.
Field blur pins
A. Unselected blur pin B. Selected blur pin
Press the M key, to view the blur mask applied to the image. The dark areas indicate sharp areas, while light areas indicate blurred areas.
Iris blur
Use the Iris blur to simulate a shallow depth-of-field effect to your picture, irrespective of the camera or lens used. You can also define multiple
focus points, an effect almost impossible to achieve using traditional camera techniques.
1. Choose Filter > Blur > Iris Blur.
The default Iris blur pin is placed on the image. Click the image to add additional blur pins.
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