I blur a duplicate layer, erase the eyes lips, hair and, in part, the eyebrows. Then I reduce the opacity until it yields a nice effect. I'm going to try what Bill suggested above: blur the duplicate layer to the extreme and work more with the opacity. Paul
jcoyle wrote: > > 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 > > > >
