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Adding effect using Fyre

In this tutorial, we will talk about using Fyre to add effects in a photo. For those who doesn’t know what Fyre is, it is a free software that can generate nice, silky and soft looking fractals. Fyre was introduced in a previous post here.
OK, here’s the tutorial proper.
For the tutorial, we will need an […]

Using Gaussian Blur To Defocus Background

We can defuse the background to draw attention to the subject. We can simulate the defocused Depth-of-field digitally. This tutorial illustrates a simple process of doing this in Photoshop or GIMP. For this tutorial, I use a picture taken at a Expo in Nagoya, Japan.

 
In the above photo, the background is fairly sharp. We will like to […]