Iris Blur in Photoshop CS6

The Iris Blur is a new blur in photoshop and a very useful one. You can selectively leave a portion in sharp focus and gradually blur the rest something that a telephoto lens does in a digital camera.

This is a stock image.

The eyes and lips remain sharp, while the rest of the face has gradually blurred. This is the effect with the new Iris Blur in Photoshop CS6.

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Adaptive Wide Angle Filter in Photoshop CS6

Some images taken with a fish eye lens can be great. But what if you want to want to straighten the curved lines in  a photo taken with a fish eye lens. This can be done with the Adaptive Wide Angle Filter available in Photoshop CS6.

This is a photo taken with a fish eye lens.

The Curves have been corrected with the Adaptive Wide Angle filter.

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Content Aware Move Tool in Photoshop CS 6

Content Aware is not new to Photoshop CS, but its has been taken places in Photoshop CS 6. Earlier a selection had to be made (it still has to be) then quite some other things had to be done for content Aware to work. In Photoshop CS 6 it is much more simpler. You just make the selection and move it where you want it and Photoshop does the rest.

This is a stock image.

The girl has been moved to the right with the help of Content Aware Move Tool.

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Radial Blur Special Effect

You can use the Radial Blur filter in Photoshop for a great effect without much effort. It can be done in any version even Photoshop7 and works with all images.

This is a free stock image.

This is the effect that can be created with the Radial Blur.

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Brightening and Sharpening in Lab Mode

Some images may not turn out crisp and sharp and may look washed out. There is a very easy method to brighten and sharpen image in Photoshop in Lab Mode with a Curves Adjustment Layer and Unsharp Mask.  The method works for all images.

This is the processed image.

This is the original image.

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Border with Layer Mask

A texture and an image together with a Black Layer Mask and a selection can create a simple special effect in Photoshop.

You can create a see through border like this with this tutorial here

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Layer Mask How to Use It

Layer Masks are of two kinds -- White and Black. The White Reveals and the Black hides in Photoshop. You can also fill with gray to reveal partially. This is a Layer Mask tutorial with the advances made in Photoshop CS5. There are a number of advantages that were not available earlier. So if you are masking the old fashioned way, here is how to do it differently and more quickly and easily.

These are two stock images.

A composite image made from the two with masking. The tutorial is here

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