Achieve soft focus

Dann Hagstrom

• September 17, 2018 03:47

I'm migrating from Lightroom 5. To achieve a slight soft focus on portraits and weddings, I used a control called CLARITY, that was group ed under  category called Presence, which had Clarity, Vibrance and Saturation. 

I'm trying Glow>Normal@30;Halo@0. it's OK, but not the control I want. 

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  Rick Sammartino Community moderator

  • September 17, 2018 15:45
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  Dann, you have a number of options to control blurring,

  • Detail in the tone enhancer filter
  • Blur filter, which has 5 different modes
  • Lens blur filter
  • Structure and Noise in local adjustments

  You'll need to explore and see which works best for you.

  The only video I could find was this one by Steven Dempsey. It's B/W and uses dynamic contrast and Blur to do what you were describing.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDsRev1aOhc

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  David Kick

  • September 17, 2018 16:28

  Dann ,  Here's another video just published on  9/10 by On1

  Dillon from On1 discusses using the  "Skin Retouching" filter in effects as well as the "Blur" filter which Rick mentioned above.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ9aFSiNkwE 

   

   

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  Dann Hagstrom

  • September 19, 2018 04:46
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  Thank you for your speedy and passionate responses. I think GLOW helped a little with HALO off and then I added the FX Tone Enhancer> Detail (I went easy). 

  Also, the video Rick mentioned by Steven Dempsey taught me a LOT about FX features. Thanks. 

  I used Clarity in Lightroom to knock of the edge on not just portraits but group shots as well and I think I've achieved it now in On1.

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