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Old 03-24-2004, 06:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question How do I blur a background?

I'm trying to get my pictures of the past month in an album, but some need to have the backgrounds blurred while keeping the foreground in focus. Like this one:



Any ideas? I have MS PhotoDraw as well as Adobe PhotoShop.

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I don't know but that is a really sweet picture
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I dont know either, but I just wanted to say that picture is Adorable. Such sweet girls.
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Oh those girls are so sweet! The baby looks darling! ...now on to the blurring, when I used Photoshop, I would use the eraser tool to blur the background.

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here is an edited pic--- it is hard to blue the background imo, easier just to replace it. I use the magic wand and select the pic and then create a layer and add a background to the new layer. i also usually shadow the pic, so it doesnt look seperaate from the background, since you usually cut out the shadows.
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How's this? This was just a quick try, I can get it more exact if you want. Do you use Adobe?
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Thanks so much for both the kind words and the help! I tried to respond last night but the site was down

I will try the clone tool some more, thanks again!
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