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This article is from September 10, 2004, and is no longer current.

Photoshop How-To: Using the Lens Blur Filter

This video tutorial is excerpted from “Total Training Inc.”
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The Lens Blur filter in Photoshop CS lets you add selective focus to an image to create interesting visual effects. Much like with a traditional camera, you can use it to create depth of field in an image.
The Lens Blur filter palette lets you experiment with different settings and see the results interactively before committing to an effect.

In this video clip, Photoshop expert Deke McClelland takes you inside the Lens Blur palette to show you how it works.
This video tutorial is a QuickTime movie. Click this link “Photoshop CS Lens Blur” to download the file. Please note: This is a 9.5MB file. It will take some time to download before it begins to play.
If you do not have QuickTime installed, you can get it here:

Excerpted from “Total Training for Adobe Photoshop CS” © 2004 Total Training ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
 

  • anonymous says:

    The Quicktime file is kind of large. Too large. Oh well.

  • anonymous says:

    The idea of video training is very good. But I never use anything except Microsoft Viewer–because any other one interferes with my WinXP. Also if it were a zip file it would down load faster. Many forums use zip for files much larger than 9.5. So I think you should rethink the format.

  • anonymous says:

    I am a visual person and have a visual memory.
    Going through the exercise visually, I will remember it. Please do more of it!

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