Easy Way to Blur a Background in Adobe Photoshop 2023
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- čas přidán 19. 08. 2024
- Learn How to Blur the Background in Adobe Photoshop 2023 | Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial
Welcome to this comprehensive tutorial where I will guide you through the process of blurring the background in your photos using Adobe Photoshop 2023. This technique is not limited to the latest version; it also works seamlessly with any Photoshop version that has the Select Subject feature. To determine if your version has this, just navigate to the Select menu and look for the Subject option.
Achieving a beautifully blurred background in your photos is easier than you might think. By following these simple steps, you can add a professional touch to your images to focus attention on the main subject:
STEP 1: Separate the main subject
Isolating the main subject from the rest of the image on a new layer. This can be accomplished using the Select Subject feature to generate a Layer Mask. This ensures that only the subject remains visible while the background becomes transparent.
STEP 2: Create a new background layer
Next, create a separate layer for the new background. For this we use the Content-Aware Fill feature to remove the main subject automatically.
STEP 3: Apply the Gaussian Blur filter
Having removed the subject, we can now blur the background layer. For this, we use the Gaussian Blur filter, which allows you to control the intensity of the blur.
While this process may seem straightforward, I will also share some valuable tips and tricks to optimize your results. By implementing these techniques, you can further enhance the visual impact of your blurred backgrounds. You can also read the details in my article: lenscraft.co.u...
So, whether you are a beginner or an experienced Adobe Photoshop user, this step-by-step tutorial will give you the skills to easily blur photo backgrounds.
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Out of all the tutorials on youtube that had me frying my eyes for hours, yours did it for me. Thank you🙌🏽
It's wonderful to hear that I've saved your eyes. Hopefully you didn'g get too frustrated before you found what you needed. Thank you.
Thank you for a detailed step by step explanation. You don't assume the viewer knows a lot about Photoshop. I love your informative video.
Well, I never know who is watching so I try to make the understandable for everyone. Glad you like them. Thank you.
Fantastic explanation - thank you!
Finally managed to get a result from Photoshop 🍾
That's great to hear. Thank you.
Big Thanks Rob✌
You're welcome.
Well explained. Easy to follow. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
this was so helpful! thank you very much
Glad it was helpful. Thank you
Great tutorial
Glad you think so. Thank you.
Good! And great audio too...looks like a movie!
Thanks for the great feedback.
Nice , It worked. Thanks
You're welcome. Thanks.
Very helpful, thanks!😇
Thank you. I'm pleased it helped.
its worked very well
Good to hear. Thanks.
YOU ARE A LEGEND Thank you so much
Happy to help. Thank you.
Thank You! Very well explained and easy to follow.
You are welcome. Glad you found it helpful.
Very detailed explanation, thank you 😊
You’re welcome 😊. Thank you
Thank you. In my Adobe Photoshop Elements 2023 I don't have part of options in the Edit menu (Content-aware fill) but still managed to do the blur (without gaussian correction)
When I did this video I never really considered Elements so it's great to hear that you've worked out how to do it. Thanks for letting me know.
Great one mate
Thank you! Cheers!
thx, it worked :)
Glad it helped.
thank you for an other inspirational first class tutorial, but please could you make another using affinity photo for those of us who cant afford photoshop.
Thanks. It's on the list but isn't easy to do. I don't want to publish something that's difficult to follow.
Thank u dude(bro)
You're welcome!
El único que dio el tutorial con todo lo que sirve, gracias!!
De nada. Me alegra que te haya funcionado.
very nice tuto !
Thank you very much.
Buenísimo me sirvió de mucho... Gracias
Estoy muy complacido. De nada.
eccellente...
Thank you
I couldn't get this method to work after adding so many layers to do my retouching. I'm guessing this step has to be done first, then retouch after.
Do it first. If you want to do it later create a Stamp Layer that created all the other layers.
I have followed this word for word , watched and copied as I went but for some reason my the Gaussian blur is covering where my subject is not the other part.
Are you sure you didn't apply the blur to the layer with the mask? You want it on the background layer I think.
Or try inverting your mask (ctrl i) not sure if that'll help but it's worth a try
I think your masking feature may have become inverted. Try this. Open an image in Photoshop. Find the quick mask icon in the Tools Palette on the left of the screen. It's usually second from the bottom and shows a white rectangle with a dotted circle inside it. Double click the icon which opens a small dialog. This should be set to Masked Areas but may have been changed to Selected Areas. Change it to Selected Areas and then click OK. Restart Photoshop and then follow the instructions in the video again to see if it then works. This is just a guess but I've seen people have similar problems to yours in the past because this "hidden" setting was changed.
@@RobinWhalley This helped thank you!
I followed it all until it got the adding the Gaussian layer...however often I replayed it, I just couldn't get it to work. Not helped that my 2024 version doesn't look exactly the same....😐😐
Have you found your way around it
@@yinusaabayomi6541 I did find another video that explained it very well- thank you.
Pretty cool but I wouldn't say "easy". So many steps to remember. I would prefer a simpler way to get some background blur. Usually I'm looking to add just a little more to say mimic a faster lens.
Thanks. It may help if you check my written article as it breaks it down into tte hree stpes: lenscraft.co.uk/photo-editing-tutorials/blur-background-photoshop/
One you've done this a few times it can be accomplished really quickly. And you can create actions for some of the steps, too. I do this a lot and the whole process typically takes less than a minute.
@@quirkworks4076 Fantastic. I'm pleased that it's working well for you.
Stuck with "Content-Aware Fill" option grayed out in Adobe Photoshop CC... any ideas?
Solved! :) the layer was a smart object so had to rasterize it to turn it back to normal layer and after that the issue was solved and could continue with your great tutorial! Thank you! keep it up!
How were you able to do that.
I also got stuck with “Content-aware Fill” option
thank crazy :v
You're welcome
nice. but i think its geared towards advance people. need some explanation as to why you have to remove the man from duplicate layer and why the duplicate layer is in the middle stack. Glyn Dewis has more of an elementary explanation that makes slow learner or noob like people really gets it. but its good. i can follow it Verbatim but really not knowing the rationale behind blurring the background. cheers.
Did you read the tutorial that I linked to in the video description? You might find that helpful and explains more.
@@RobinWhalley thanks Robin. will do.
too fast !!!!🙃
Sorry, but I do get people saying that I'm too slow and they need to watch the playback speeded up. Perhaps try slowing it down in the CZcams player.
You can control speed on CZcams window
I hate photoshop my head in getting fkked