PC World - USA (2020-10)

OCTOBER 2020 PCWorld 111

Select the layer in the Layers panel that
you want to affect. Choose Filter > Blur
Gallery > Field Blur. Click the location or
locations where you want to blur the image.
Use your cursor to select each Blur Pin
individually, then drag the spinner inside the
circle to blur the different areas.
We chose an image of a field of tulips,
deciding to create one different from the rest
by changing its color, then blurring out the
rest. We colored one of the tulips a bright
coral-orange. We outlined it
with the Lasso tool, then
inverted the layers: Select >
Inverse to make the
background the active layer.
We moved the Pin up into the
sky area, then dragged the line
inside the circle until the
background was fuzzy but
still recognizable.
NOTE: Press the Delete key
to remove individual pins, or
click the checkbox to toggle the
check on and off. Off cancels the
current blur effect. The Escape
key cancels the Blur Gallery.

IRIS BLUR
Use the Iris Blur effect to blur
out everything on the canvas
except the selected area.
Choose Filter > Blur Gallery

Iris Blur. Position the blur Pin

on the section you want to highlight so the

focus is clear and sharp. Use the handles to

drag the ellipses around, change its shape,

increase or decrease its size. You can place

multiple Pins on the canvas to “stop” the blur

in all the selected areas and just blur what’s

left of the background.

We chose a photo with seven candles on

a table, then used the Iris Pin selector to

create an ellipse around the center candle.

We set the blur effect to 100, which faded

The Iris Blur effect blurs out everything except the

selected area.