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Photoshop tip: Can blurring the image help you sharpen it better?

Sep 7, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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There are several ways to sharpen your photos in Photoshop. However, I believe most of us wouldn’t consider using Gaussian Blur as one of them. Still, it’s also one of the options, and it can give you fantastic results. It’s also pretty simple to apply it, and in this video, Unmesh Dinda of PiXimperfect will show you how.

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Google Street View lets you blur your home and hide it from unwanted “visitors”

Jan 20, 2021 by Dunja Djudjic 10 Comments
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Google Street View lets you take a virtual walk through almost any corner of the world, and beyond. You can even take photos (sort of) as if you’re really traveling. But did you know you can also hide your home from curious virtual “visitors?” If you want, you can request from Google to blur your home from public view.

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This iPhone shortcut blurs faces and strips metadata from photos

Jun 10, 2020 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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Should you blur people’s faces when covering protests o should you not? This has been a heated debate lately, and opinions are largely different. But if you’re in the “blur the faces” team and you use an iPhone, now there’s a simple way to do it. A new shortcut lets you blur faces and strip all metadata from images in just one tap.

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Scientists develop an algorithm that recovers detail in your blurry photos

Oct 22, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 7 Comments
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A group of MIT researchers has come up with a way to recover lost details from your blurry images and even videos. They have developed an algorithm that recognizes and automatically recovers blurred parts in your videos and stills.

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Apple makes a Bokeh commercial, uses “bokeh” as a verb and pronounces it wrong

Feb 18, 2019 by Dunja Djudjic 18 Comments
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“Bokeh” is a Japanese word describing the aesthetic quality of the blur in out-of-focus areas of photos. And as we all know, it’s a noun. Well, Apple decided to play with language a bit in its latest ad and turn “bokeh” into a verb. Oh, and the ladies in the ad are pronouncing it wrong as well.

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Instagram rolls out Focus, its own “portrait mode” for photos and videos

Apr 10, 2018 by Dunja Djudjic 2 Comments
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We’re all familiar with Portrait Mode, and now Instagram is rolling out Focus, its own version of this feature. From now on, you can take portraits with blurry background in Instagram Stories. It doesn’t just work for photos, you can use it for videos, too.

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Vogue’s campaign for Chanel’s new jewelry collection is made of blurry photos

Nov 27, 2017 by Dunja Djudjic 5 Comments
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Chanel has launched a new collection of jewelry. It seems, however, that the photos that follow it have caused more reactions than the jewelry itself. The photos feature brand ambassador and famous actress Keira Knightley. They were taken by fashion photographer Sarah Moon, and the reason for strong reactions is that all the photos are blurry.

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How to fake realistic background blur in Photoshop in 3 simple steps

Aug 30, 2017 by John Aldred 12 Comments
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Shooting with 200mm f/2, 135mm f/1.8 and 105mm f/1.4 lenses is the dream of many portrait photographers. But such lenses are not inexpensive. We may only have a kit zoom that will never give us the look we really want. But, there are other options. Stop down for sharpness, then simulate that shallow depth of field in post. It won’t look quite the same as doing it optically, but it’ll can get you pretty close with a little effort.

In this video, Unmesh Dinda from Piximperfect shows us an easy way to simulate a shallow depth of field in Photoshop. The technique involves using a depth map. This tells various plugins how far away something is. This allows us to get that blur falling off as we get further from the camera. It allows you to get that soft blurry background in just three simple steps.

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You can now censor parts of video directly in YouTube’s Creator Studio

Feb 27, 2016 by Gannon Burgett Add Comment
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Today, YouTube unveiled a new custom blurring tool to its online video editing platform Creator Studio. This new tool lets you select an object to blur and keep it blurred throughout the entirety of the video.

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Listen To An Expert Image Analyst Easily Explain The Science Behind Photo Filters

Oct 3, 2015 by Tiffany Mueller 2 Comments
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Photo filters like those we find in Instagram, VSCO, and Photoshop are often used to apply a desired style to a photograph without having to put much thought into it, but have you have ever took a moment to think about how they work under the surface? How exactly do they work and what’s actually happening to your photograph?

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.netUdi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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