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4 levels of background blur in Photoshop, ultimate Blur background tutorial

Try these 4 levels of background blur in Photoshop There are many ways to do things in Photoshop! But they are not all equal. This isn’t just a fun challenge, its a very in depth…

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Adaptive Presets for Lens Blur

In the May update we saw the Lens Blur feature graduate from early access to a full-fledged feature, and with that came a set of adaptive presets for applying lens blur. We’ve seen other forms…

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Massive Lightroom Classic 13.3 update, May 2024. Generative remove, Sony tether and more

New Lightroom Classic Features This tutorial in an overview of the newest Lightroom Classic features released this morning by Adobe. This tutorial shows you how to use the main new features in classic. Remember these…

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Exploring the New Lens Blur Panel

One of the brand-new features included in the latest version of Lightroom Classic, Lightroom (even mobile), and Camera Raw is the Lens Blur panel. You’ll notice right away that it has an Early Access label,…

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Lens Blur in Lightroom and Camera Raw – Ultimate Guide

All the features of the Lens Blur Filter in Camera Raw and Lightroom Classic Lens Blur allows us to blur the background of a photo, to simulate using an expensive lens with a wider aperture.…

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How to blur a photo background in Photoshop using blur masks and Depth Maps

This week I have made a really fun and useful tutorial that not only gives you great results, it will also teach you a little bit about channels. Don’t worry, they aren’t as scary as…

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