Graphics Programs Reference
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Dreamy Focus
This is an effect I get asked about a lot, because I use it a lot. The particular thing
I get asked is, “How do you get that look where your image looks sharp, but soft
at the same time?” Well, it's actually really simple, but don't tell anybody it's this
simple, because I'd prefer that people thought I had to pull off some serious
Photoshop magic to make this happen. LOL!
and Landscapes
Step One:
The sharpness of this effect comes
from sharpening the image right up front,
so I usually save this effect for when I'm
about to save the file (in other words, I
usually save the sharpening for the end,
but in this case, there's another move
that happens after the sharpening, so
let's start with the sharpening first). Go
under the Filter menu, under Sharpen,
and choose
Unsharp Mask
. When the
dialog appears, enter 120% for the
Amount, set the Radius to 1.0, and
set the Threshold to 3 for some nice
punchy sharpening. Click OK.
Step Two:
Duplicate this sharpened layer by press-
ing
Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J)
.
