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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 226977" data-attributes="member: 13196">Background clutter...if you have PSE 10-12 or the full version of Photoshop, you should be able to outline them with the Quick Selection Tool then select inverse which will create the running ants around the background. One of the filters is for Blur, and one of the options from there is Gaussian Blur. Select it then play around with the amount of blur you want to create. It will allow the background to appear as a much more shallow depth of field than it is right now. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />And if you want to take it one step further, add a vignette and narrow the center. That should help hide his arm from appearing to be a little to close to the camera.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 226977, member: 13196"] Background clutter...if you have PSE 10-12 or the full version of Photoshop, you should be able to outline them with the [I]Quick Selection Tool[/I] then select [I]inverse[/I] which will create the running ants around the background. One of the filters is for [I]Blur[/I], and one of the options from there is [I]Gaussian Blur[/I]. Select it then play around with the amount of blur you want to create. It will allow the background to appear as a much more shallow depth of field than it is right now. ;) And if you want to take it one step further, add a vignette and narrow the center. That should help hide his arm from appearing to be a little to close to the camera. [/QUOTE]

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