Quick Fix: Simulating In-Camera Effects
Use these photoshop tricks to replicate the look of aperture and shutter speed adjustments



For this blurring technique, you can follow the same steps as I described above when using the Motion Blur filter: duplicate the layer, blur the top layer (only with the Gaussian Blur filter), add a Layer Mask and paint out the blur over the subject. Remember to reduce the Opacity as you paint outward from the center of the subject.

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