If the goal is just to blur, then the low-pass filter is more adapted than "soften" (which does a combination of blur+overexpose with the original image).
Be careful, though, with the combination of a bluring module and mask: a strong blur with 50% opacity is not the same as a less strong blur: you get the superposition of the sharp image with the blured one. I don't think darktable has a good way to get a blur gradient. Cheers, ----- Original Message ----- > Try the "soften" module in the effects group: > https://www.darktable.org/usermanual/ch03s04s05.html.php > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 3:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 21:03:04 +0200 > > Romano Giannetti <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >I don't think it's just processing. I think she used a quite fast > > >lens, wide open, to start with; the bokeh effect is very difficult > > >to reproduce if you don't have it in the original photo > > >(impossible?). It seems to me that she has a bit of swirly bokeh > > >too, "Petzval" style... > > > > > http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/65143/what-swirly-bokeh-technique-is-this-and-how-can-i-achieve-it > > > > > > > > >Then the rest seems to be a bit of vignetting and blur with a > > >circular mask... > > > > > > > She uses a Canon 70-200L f/2.8 at between f/5.6 to f/8. It's because > > of the DOF to get the dogs' faces (from nose to ear) in focus. The > > capture distances seem to be between 2.5m/8ft to 5m/15ft (from my > > experience with dogs and the Canon 70-200) > > > > I knew about the vignetting, but not about the blur with circular > > mask. Is there something equivalent in DT? > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > sknahT > > > > vyS > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > darktable user mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a mail to > > [email protected] > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected] -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ ____________________________________________________________________________ darktable user mailing list to unsubscribe send a mail to [email protected]
