Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David: >I like this shot, but I think it was taken too close to the >boards/gates.... the dof is too great... I think the action would >be much better emphasized if the background were more out of focus. > >Can anybody here tell me how to do this in Photoshop? > >http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/roping.htm _Photoshop Masking & Compositing_ by Katrin Eismann. http://www.amazon.com/Photoshop-Masking-Compositing-Voices-Matter/dp/0735712794/ This book not only gives several different ways of creating complicated masks, but one of the examples also showed how to make the background out of focus in a realistic way. Involved several layers. Making sure that just the right parts were blurred. Probably very similar to what Philippe posted. Well worth the read and the money. I also have another of her books, Photoshop Restoration & Retouching. Would recommend it, too. -- Eric http://canid.com/