Technique #49. Selective Blurring

Here, we’ll work with multiple layers and layer masks to selectively blur—and sharpen—different parts of an image.

key concepts:

filters

quick mask

layer masks

Here’s my original image.

Step One.
Press Command-J (PC: Control-J) to duplicate the Background layer. To this copied Background layer, apply some ...

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