Paul: I've only used Gaussian blur in areas where I want to reduce the background detail, or where I have had a blemish such as dust or a scratch that won't be corrected with scratch and dust noise removal, for which I have found it works pretty well. I can't cite the values used, as I tended to just experiment with settings until the result suited what I wanted to achieve. Do you blur the whole image and then remove blur for portions you want to be sharp?
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: Blur layer for portraits in PhotoShop > While we're thinking digital darkroom, how many PDMLers use a Gaussian > blur layer for portraits? I've just started working with this, and I'm > wondering if others would like to share their numbers. On 150 megabyte > files I've been doing the blur layer at 8 pixels blur radius at 100%. > I'm setting the opacity at 50%. Of course I erase much of the blur > layer. The results print nice; the blur on skin tones is very subtle. > But I'd like to know what others are doing. It seems there are so many > variales here that the best solution might be elusive. That of course is > true of many PhotoShop operations. > Paul > >
