how can i put the focus on one spot of one of my pictures, but then make the background blurry!.
my camera itself cannot do this !.!. im pretty sure!.
is there a way to do this in Paint Shop Pro XI !?
and if so, how !?
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my camera itself cannot do this !.!. im pretty sure!. is there a way to do this in Paint Shop Pro XI !? and if so, how !? thanks !.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: If your camera has manual control option, you can!. The effect you refer to is shallow depth of field!. If you use a wide aperture (low f/number), you will get sharp focus at your focal point, but the photo will be "blurred" as you move both forward and backward from that point!. If you can't do this in camera, you can simulate it somewhat in Paintshop by creating a duplicate layer and using gaussian blur to create the level of blur that you want, then erasing this layer to let the sharp parts of the original layer show through where you want them to!. Adjust the opacity of your blur layer so you can see the underlying layer so you can do this accurately!. You will not be able to accomplish a lot of blur this way and have it look reasonable since the area you want sharp will bleed over in the blur layer to some extent, but it can produce a subtle shallow depth of field effect pretty well!. Use a soft edged brush for erasing and also go back and blur (with the blur tool) your boundaries a bit after flattening the image!. This will help blend things in and look nicer!.Www@QuestionHome@Com What you're decribing is called "selective focus!." ftfisher gave a good answer!. The best way to do this is with a camera that has manual settings!. You can't do this with a point and shoot digital camera!. You either need a manual 35mm film camera, or a digital SLR camera!. Here's an example of selective focus!. This is with a manual film camera, using Kodak Gold 100 film!. I set the aperture to f5!.6, and the shutter speed to 1/200 if I remember right!. With a smaller f-number, you change the depth of field!. So subjects in the foreground are sharp, but the background is softened and blurred out!. They use this trick a lot in magazines and movies, where you want to draw more attention to something in the foreground!. EDIT: For some reason, I can't post the links to the pictures I wanted to show you as an example!. When I go to modify, and put in the URL's for the pictures, it just reloads as a blank page!. But anyway, try looking up "selective focus" for more information!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Here's how I do it with my SLR camera!. You won't get the same results on a point and shoot camera! What you need to have good depth of field and the "background blur" is medium-low light intake and super fast shutter speed!. The slower the shutter speed, the more time the camera has to develop the clarity of your background!. This means that if you don't allow it that time, the background will be out of focus!. If you have an autofocus camera, make sure to set the point you want in the foreground!. Otherwise, you can adjust it manually like I do!. This is the best way in my opinion, because you can choose to blur the foreground and focus on the back, or vice versa!. As for doing it on the computer, I've tried and the results always looked pretty bad!. If you want a camera that will work, search for a Minolta SRT101 on eBay!. They're great starter cameras and can be bought for $50-70!. =)Www@QuestionHome@Com well paintshop pro should have a blur tool!. if not I suggest downloading gimp2!. it's totally free and I swear by it!. if you do get gimp2 the blur tool looks like a little water droplet on the menu bar!. if it is on paintshop pro Xl it too should look like a water droplet!. good luck! it's one of my favorite effects!Www@QuestionHome@Com Why is this on poetry!?Www@QuestionHome@Com |