My background looks too clear (sharp)
Use Elements to simulate the look of a shallow depth of focus by selecting and blurring the background details. There are several ways to achieve this:
- Guided Edit Mode > Special Edits > Replace Background. A simple tool, enabling you to select the main subject, then replace whatever else is in the frame with a flat color, a texture, or one of your own photos. This makes a complex operation seem easy; providing you choose simple images, the results are stunning—import one of your own out-of-focus shots or, as this process adds the new background on a seperate layer, blur it afterwards in the Expert Edit mode!
- Guided > Fun Edits > Speed Pan. This feature protects your subject while blurring the background to exaggerate the look of fast-moving subjects.
- Guided > Fun Edits > Zoom Burst Effect. Protects the subject while adding a zooming effect to the background.
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