Soft Focus is a simple technique that can quickly enhance a photo. It can be acheived both with simple digital or analog processing on a normally focused image.
This article gives a few tips on how to create this effect.
Please leave us comments if you found this helpful or if you have any information/correction to add.
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Originally submitted: Mar 15, 2004
Resubmitted: 22 May, 2007
thanks so much once again for the great tutorial, its deeply appreciated again from my side, even i know that technique, but its just great you're sharing it, and the turtorial is well designed and layouted
Yet another great tutorial from you guys, part. for its succinct laser-focus. (Ironic, eh?)
One quibble in this case, though: At the end, the reader should not have to scroll up and down to compare the before and after. It really impacts the ease of clearly discerning the benefit.
However, this combination of "technical backstory" and Photoshop methodology is truly a winning one. It's a real added-value for the reader how you've addressed the topic from both the analog/mechanical and digital postwork directions.
I'm really pleased with the simplicity of the exercise/technique too. I always tend to make tasks like this too hard/complicated on myself, but you demonstrate so effectively that it simply doesn't have to be.
These are the most eagerly-read tutorials I follow on DA - I love the format and the professionalism of them.
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but this tutorial rox as well
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I like how you guys add a technical introduction to your articles.
Can't wait for the next one
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Personally I'm gonna be doing the digital version, but when I go analogue with a film camera then I'll remember this cool trick. Cheers
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One quibble in this case, though: At the end, the reader should not have to scroll up and down to compare the before and after. It really impacts the ease of clearly discerning the benefit.
However, this combination of "technical backstory" and Photoshop methodology is truly a winning one. It's a real added-value for the reader how you've addressed the topic from both the analog/mechanical and digital postwork directions.
I'm really pleased with the simplicity of the exercise/technique too. I always tend to make tasks like this too hard/complicated on myself, but you demonstrate so effectively that it simply doesn't have to be.
These are the most eagerly-read tutorials I follow on DA - I love the format and the professionalism of them.
So when do you get a DA community service award?
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