How To Blur Backgrounds In Photoshop - Shallow Depth of Field Effect Using Depth Maps

In today's Photoshop tutorial I'm going to show you a useful technique for adding a realistic shallow depth of field effect to your photos. We'll use a Depth Map to indicate which areas need to be blurred and by how much. This method gives you complete control over the effect, which makes it ideal for all kinds of photographs, no matter the perspective, or complexity of the background. By defining the sections of the image in grayscale tones, you can blur some areas more than others.
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Amazing tutorial!!

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[@ArchyDolder]

Great tutorial! Thank you for your hard work sharing and explaining these techniques. That goes for all of your awesome lessons! Cheers!

[@solomi_ir]

very good, thankyou

[@jessemoody2218]

Depth maps are so cool! Thanks Chris!

[@Tahar89]

Nice tutorial, thank you so much for sharing it with us!.

[@olegpogorelov5153]

Thank you for making your wonderful tutorials 😊 Happy New Year! All the best for 2020!

[@veteranJUGGERNAUT1]

just successfully edited a pic using this, thanks a lot!
love from Nigeria!

[@jospargo249]

Great tute - I really needed this.

[@fernandovazquezdjmanitas6216]

Hi, do you have any tutorial on matching color and lighting between two different images? Could you leave me the link in the comments? Thank you very much and merry christmas

[@leon.690sm9]

wow im seriously impressed. works very well!

[@masonwalker1301]

Wow thanks you

[@mwysocz]

Great tutorial, thank you! :)

[@Denischao333]

nice work~! thanks BRO !

[@chenriva9105]

this is very useful!

[@ak1l207]

Happy New Year Everyone!
Hope you have a fabulous 2020! 🤝

[@wonkyjit]

well this aged well

[@SarthakRoy]

Awesome

[@mobilefreelancer3831]

I shall be checking this out also happy new year everyone

[@MACH_SDQ]

Very goooooood

[@alexd.3127]

Thank you

[@lorddevy5977]

Thank you for this video. I have tried using this technique on a portrait photo where the subject is closer but the edges on the subject are too rough when applying blur. Could you please share how would you smoothen the selection edges for a smoother transition?

[@kenmorris2858]

Cool tip..

[@Siabalix]

Thanks, that was really nice trick. I hope it will be nice :) for watching.

[@maxim1010ify]

Im on the german version and i don’t have the Lens blur, online it say that it’s supposed to be Tiefenschärfe abmildern, but I don’t have That option either, only the Gaussian blur etc

[@sammylane21]

What about cartoon images? How does this look on them?

[@Ha4r4eset]

So you're telling me i actually don't need a £1500 1.4 lens to do this? 😂 nice one.

[@insertanynameyouwant5311]

but would you do this for every photo?

[@antoniocavalli5474]

Very cool video, but its easier for me to buy a lens

[@jjaylad]

I won't be buying a camera until depth mapping is incorporated. We've had that on our phones for years and it works great now. Even our grandkids use it for portraits, pics of pets, etc.Time for camera makers to start putting their customers ahead of their lust for lens sales.
The 18--140 and other similar lenses are so convenient. Having depth mapping built in that could be accessed in Photoshop ...or better yet Lightroom with controls to adjust blur and bokeh ...is where we need to be headed.

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