The outer rings are increasingly blurred to create a smooth, gradual blurring effect. The central circle is the sharp area and should cover the subject of your photo. This also helps to “hide” distracting objects at the outer edges of the image, for example the car in the window.Ĭlick radial blur to add the template to your photo, you can adjust size and position as before. In the below photo radial blur was used to create a soft graduated effect, blurring outwards from the subject. Radial blur is similar to linear blur in that it uses an adjustable template to add blur to part of a picture. Finally, you can simulate brighter light sources in the photo by adjusting the Bokeh Brightness slider. You can also adjust the amount of blur in the blurred areas using the Blur slider. You can adjust the size of the sharp area using the Midpoint slider. The template gradually blurs the rest of the photo outwards from this central focus. The middle of the template is the sharp area, this should cover the subject of your photo. You can move, rotate and adjust the size of the template using the handles. If you wanted to blur more areas, it would be better to choose radial or custom blur.Ĭlick linear blur to add the template to your photo.
In the photo above, linear blur was used to blur sections on either side of the main subject. Linear blur adds lines of blur to your photo with a sharp area in the center. First click the Effects tab in the right-hand panel, then select Creative Blur to access the tools. Close Creative Blur tool to view the resultĪll blur options are located in the Creative Blur module of Photo Studio. Choose Linear, Radial or Custom blur (see below for details)ĥ. Go to the Effects tab and click the Creative Blur toolģ.
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