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Wednesday, 18 July 2007
Soft Focus Photoshop Tutorial
Soft Focus Photoshop Tutorial
This soft focus effect make portrait photos look dreamy and soft.

  1. First, open Photoshop and open a picture into Photoshop.
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  2. Next, press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer and then change the blending mode for the new layer to Screen.
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  3. Select the top layer and then go to Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur. Then pick a setting you want. The larger number you use, the more blurred the effect will be.
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  4. Now go to Layer> New Adjustment Layer> Levels and move the middle slider towards the right until you restore the correct exposure.
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  5. Here's the finished Photoshopped product.
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easy one ...
written by presell, January 04, 2008

I discovered that way by myself. On my website you will find link's to my pictures on flickr and there is perfect example.

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