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Soft Focus Filters
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Many, many, many options are available to recreate this in Photoshop.
Open
your image
After
doing the soft focus effect you can delete the "in-focus"
areas using a soft-edge eraser or run the unsharpen mask filter
to regain some of the sharpeness.
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1
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Duplicate your image.
2.
>Filter>Gaussian Blur.
3.
Fade the Layer Opacity (?)
to taste.
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2
1.
Duplicate your image.
2.
>Filter>Gaussian Blur.
3.
Change the Layer mode to Overlay.
4.
Fade the Layer Opacity (?)
to taste.
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3
1.
Duplicate your image.
2.
>Filter>Gaussian Blur.
3.
Desaturate the blured layer.
4.
Change the Layer mode to Lighten.
5.
Fade the Layer Opacity (?)
to taste.
you
might want to fine tune the Hue/Saturation after mergin the
two layers.
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| Option
4
1.
Duplicate your image.
2.
>Filter>Gaussian Blur.
3.
Change the Layer mode to Darken.
4.
Duplicate the "darkened" Layer.
5.
>Filter>Gaussian Blur.
6.
Change the Layer mode to Lighten.
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5
1.
Duplicate your image.
2.
>Filter>Gaussian Blur.
3.
Change the Layer mode to Soft Light.
4.
Fade the Layer Opacity (?)
to taste.
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6
1.
Duplicate your image.
2.
>Filter>Gaussian Blur.
3.
Hit "D" to reset your Foreground
and background colors.
4.
>Filter>Distort>Diffuse.
5.
Fade the Layer Opacity (?)to
taste.
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7
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Use the Glamour Trick.
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8
1.
Use SoftFocus Filter.
Downlaod
the Beta version of SoftFocus
Filter created by Yaron Kidron.
This
stand alone software is still in development.
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You
can also get amazing results with Power Retouche Photoshop
Plugins
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9
1. Use PR Soft-Filter
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