STEP FIVE: Go to Filter>
Convert for Smart Filters
and then go to Filter>Blur
Gallery>Field Blur. Set the
Blur slider in the Blur Tools
panel to 135 pixels, and click
OK in the Option Bar. After
applying the filter, click on
the mask thumbnail next
to the Smart Filters in the
Layers panel to make that
the active element.
Select the Gradient
tool (G) and click on the
Linear Gradient style in
the Options Bar. Click
on the Gradient preview
thumbnail in the Options
Bar; select the Black, White
preset in Basics set in the
Gradient Editor; and click
OK. Drag from the bottom
of the canvas upward to
the edge of the grass line.
This will fade away the blur
from the grass along the
bottom of the composition
so it appears to be a more
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