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dashboardgyno · Jul 23, 2006, 10:53 PM

How does one get the soft focus glow on a brides wedding dress. I use Photoshop CS, and would love a few tip please

slipe · Jul 24, 2006, 12:00 AM

Post some of your photos and maybe an example of a professional photo with the glow you are looking for.

nlp239 · Jul 24, 2006, 9:13 AM

Mike, have you tried the Filter tab and play around with the radius size.

dashboardgyno · Jul 24, 2006, 9:57 PM

after looking more closely I saw the whole picuture is soft, not just the dress.... I could probably mask it and such then paint out what I wanted soft, but I wondered if anyone did this kinda thing on a regular basis.... (as I haven't tried it)

How about a soft focus filter...(again too afraid to try it)

slipe · Jul 24, 2006, 10:28 PM

You seem competent on layers and selections. You might try some of these methods and download his action set: http://www.nickgallery.com/web_pages/technical%208.htm

If you just want the dress soft I think it would be better to put the softened layer (flattened or merged down) under the sharp layer and just erase the dress on the sharp layer. Or select it and hit the Delete button.

Don't be afraid to try anything. I save as a different file name from the gitgo so that the original won't be affected with an accidental save. Then you can do no harm. The history palette is a great help.

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dashboardgyno Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 157	after looking more closely I saw the whole picuture is soft, not just the dress.... I could probably mask it and such then paint out what I wanted soft, but I wondered if anyone did this kinda thing on a regular basis.... (as I haven't tried it) How about a soft focus filter...(again too afraid to try it) Attached Images

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Jul 23, 2006, 10:53 PM	#1
dashboardgyno Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 157	How does one get the soft focus glow on a brides wedding dress. I use Photoshop CS, and would love a few tip please

Jul 24, 2006, 12:00 AM	#2
slipe Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Indian Rocks Beach, FL Posts: 4,036	Post some of your photos and maybe an example of a professional photo with the glow you are looking for.

Jul 24, 2006, 9:13 AM	#3
nlp239 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 719	Mike, have you tried the Filter tab and play around with the radius size.

Jul 24, 2006, 10:28 PM	#5
slipe Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Indian Rocks Beach, FL Posts: 4,036	You seem competent on layers and selections. You might try some of these methods and download his action set: http://www.nickgallery.com/web_pages/technical%208.htm If you just want the dress soft I think it would be better to put the softened layer (flattened or merged down) under the sharp layer and just erase the dress on the sharp layer. Or select it and hit the Delete button. Don't be afraid to try anything. I save as a different file name from the gitgo so that the original won't be affected with an accidental save. Then you can do no harm. The history palette is a great help.