Using focus and esoterica effects 589
The Super Soften effect lets you soften images by specifying the radius of pixels that
you want to soften.
To soften focus
1 To apply the effect to:
• The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.
• A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document
window to select an area.
• A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel.
2 Choose Effects Focus Soften.
3 In the Aperture area, enable one of the following options:
• Gaussian
• Circular
4 Adjust the Amount slider.
The farther the slider is to the right, the more steps there are between image
elements, which creates more blurring.
To soften by specifying pixel values
1 To apply the effect to:
• The canvas — Click the Canvas in the Layers panel.
• A selection — Click a selection tool from the toolbox, and drag in the document
window to select an area.
• A layer — Click a layer in the Layers panel.
2 Choose Effects Focus Super Soften.
3 Type a pixel value in the Soften box.
This value determines the radius of pixels that are softened. The lower the value,
the more subtle the effect.
You can also
Wrap around the effect Enable the Wrap Around check box.
Preview the effect Enable the Preview check box.
Clear the effect Click Reset.
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