Create a Digital Depth of Field photo

Jolene Neo June 11th, 2007

A good digital SLR camera would usually cost you 1k & above. Fret no more if you do not own a fantastic digital camera. You can create the same depth of field by applying some simple trick to your digital photos using Adobe Photoshop. Here is how it goes:
Original Photo:

Final Edited Photo: 

1. Open the photos in Adobe Photoshop CS2
2. Duplicate the layer by dragging the “background” layer into the “new layer” icon located at the bottom of the layer palette. Rename the new layer as “Baby”.
   
3. With the “Baby” as the current layer. Select the marquee Tool . In this example, I have selected the “oval Marquee” tool under the tool menu.
   
4. Go Menu > Select > Feather (Alt+Ctrl+D)
5. Key in 250 pixel for feather radius (applicable only when your photos are at least 2000 pixel in width) You need to play around with the pixel settings.
   
6. With the selection on, Add a new layer mask by clicking on the layer mask icon located at the layer palette.
   
7. Select the “Background” layer again.
8. Apply Filter > Blur > Lens Blur
   
9. You may adjust the gradient of the mask layer in step 6 to suit your taste.
10. There you have it!! Hope you love this tutorial.
    

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