[HD] Soft Focus Wedding Photo Effect: Photoshop Tutorial!

Posted by admin on December 3rd, 2009 and filed under photos | 25 Comments »

Here is a great little effect that adds a whole lot of “mood” to an image by softening and increasing contrast and also features a vignette around the focal point of your choosing. The beauty of this technique is that by using adjustment layers we have full control over the final effect’s strength and color. This one is a great tip for Photographers of any type.

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25 Responses

  1. pedrochapina Says:

    very good!!!
    very good!!!

  2. djtblizzle Says:

    Two things that …
    Two things that can’t really be fixed…exposure and focus. If your photo is blurry, there’s not a lot of hope for it. Even in pshop, unsharp masking cannot even recover a fuzzy pic. Sorry!

  3. puremilitary101 Says:

    ok i have paint …
    ok i have paint shop pro not sure what virsion, but im wondering if u can explain how to make a picture thats really fuzzy clear as day can u help?

  4. ZLew02 Says:

    I used this as a …
    I used this as a basis for a pic from a wedding this weekend. thanks for the tip!

  5. latifap Says:

    how to select every …
    how to select every thing acsept face

  6. charifel011 Says:

    nice
    nice

  7. diegomacomer Says:

    with a small zoom …
    with a small zoom would be better.
    btw: fantastic

  8. Xeo989 Says:

    XCLNT
    XCLNT

  9. hfl27ajh Says:

    witch version of …
    witch version of photoshop is this

  10. DjAde4ever Says:

    rightclic the layer …
    rightclic the layer you want to duplicate and find the duplicate layer option on the list appearing… or you could just drag the layer you want to duplicate on to the little new layer icon down right corner of the layers box and drop on that icon.

    Thix for the vid the results im getting on my photos are really great. thx.

  11. oateurman Says:

    clear teaching, …
    clear teaching, awesome.

  12. smiuw Says:

    wow thats going to …
    wow thats going to come in handy..
    thank you very much for the gr8 tute!

  13. xAquaBlue Says:

    how do you …
    how do you duplicate the layer? D:

  14. dutchinny Says:

    excellent tut! …
    excellent tut! thank you very much!

  15. linhroland Says:

    i don’t get it


    i don’t get it

    how to selecting holp pic ?

  16. tpvang Says:

    Awesome!
    Awesome!

  17. fordmastiff Says:

    Thank you
    Thank you

  18. sweetgirlfj1234A Says:

    thannxxx yes i got …
    thannxxx yes i got it
    thank you very much <3

    tc

  19. DarkshireSaints Says:

    you could try ctrl+ …
    you could try ctrl+leftclick on the layer
    or menu+select+all

  20. demiaiken Says:

    its ctrl+shift+i ( …
    its ctrl+shift+i (inverted). its like selecting the whole picture, but the ones you selected.
    you get what i mean?

  21. sweetgirlfj1234A Says:

    plz can you tell me …
    plz can you tell me how did he select all the pic he said ctrl+shift :s and i couldn’t do it :s help i I circled the face then i wanted to select all the pic i couldn’tand when i did gaussian blur its the face thats blur !! so can u help me .. plz ?

  22. sweetgirlfj1234A Says:

    in 1:01 i couldn’t …
    in 1:01 i couldn’t do it :S can u explain plzzz :’(

  23. gkjkluv1 Says:

    I absolutely love …
    I absolutely love your tutorials! I saw this specific one and followed the instructions. A couple weeks later I forgot how to do it and couldn’t find it. Well I found it and I’m incredibly happy I did! Thanks for all the knowledge!

  24. TheWh4T Says:

    You can just use …
    You can just use the bucket option to paint a solid color in.

  25. pauperez Says:

    I think you are …
    I think you are forgetting to invert the selection. crtl + i

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