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af120835 wrote:
re: suggestions
Am i right in thinking that you did a selection around the object, inverted it, and then applied the gaussian blur?
What you can try is:
As before, select around it, invert it,
then, the critical bit:
go to select> refine edge, and set the feather to a high value, > 100 at least.
Then apply the blur. It will give it a much more graduated appearance, akin to the depth of field change you'd get on a wide aperture.
Might take a few attempts, you'd have to get the feather value and blur values "right" to get the effect you want, but it's a simple case of undoing the last two steps and redoing them with different values.
Feathering is quite a useful tool that has many applications. I only learnt about it after needing to do a simple HDR on some scenery pics and have a applied it to a lot of other techniques. That's after doing photography for 5 years..... you never stop learning... 
Andy...Show more →
Indeed, you never stop learning. I actually did a feather of 5, but I didn't see that it made much of a difference. I'll try it again with 100 to see.
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