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Dreamy Blur
- timmg 4y agoThis is pretty much equivalent to a technique I used to see people use in Photoshop. I think it's gone out of style recently, but used to be common (IIRC): * Import a photo as a layer * Duplicate that layer * Increase saturation in that layer and then blur it * Mix that layer by some percent (20-50?) over the base photo Gives a nice ethereal feel. You used to see this all the time in photos. But, maybe it's out of fashion now that everyone knows how to do it :/
- lambdasquirrel 4y agoYou can also duplicate the layer into the alpha channel to make it glow-y. Maybe tweak the level. But yeah...
- smcameron 4y agoPeople used to (kind of) do this on film with landscapes, usually forest scenes, double exposure with one exposure slightly out of focus.
- actionfromafar 4y agoIt's pretty incredible how much of Photoshop workflows are really film operations.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoThat’s because it was developed in the age of analog darkrooms (dodge, burn, etc.). Even the name of the app was meant to help photographers transition. It’s really amazing how completely digital photography has replaced film (not really surprising, though). Film photography demanded a great deal of flexibility and adaptability from its practitioners; which, I suspect, is why they adapted to digital so well.
- actionfromafar 4y agoSome of us are back on the film bandwagon. :)
- NetOpWibby 4y agoMany a deviantART wallpaper pack used this technique in ~2008-2012.
- lloeki 4y agoMatches the time period where bloom was all the rage in video games. Also * touch the layer mask to select which/how much select areas are affected which can produce cool effects such as tilt-shift, fake DoF, speed... This is quickly hinted at at the article's end.
- mejutoco 4y agoA similar effect was used in analogue photography by putting some stockings on top of the lens. IIRC it is called "flu effect", which seems to be, unfortunately, ungoogleable.
- colanderman 4y agoSuch techniques generally are termed "gobos", i.e. "go-betweens".
- sva_ 4y agoIt seems to be referenced on the web, just not as "flu effect" https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tutorials/home-photography-ideas-take-hollywood-headshots-using-pantyhose https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tutorials/home-photograph... https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/diy-photo-filters-with-everyday-objects/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/diy-photo-filters-with-e...
- sings 4y ago> and then merged them with mix-blend-mode. In the demo, `mix-blend-mode: normal` is used. This is the default, so this line of CSS isn’t required. You can get some interesting effects if you do use one of the other blend modes with the blurred layer.
- keepquestioning 4y agoVery similar to this effect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlUhr6ssc1U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlUhr6ssc1U
- flobosg 4y agoSee also: Orton effect – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_(photography) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orton_(photography)
- mgdlbp 4y agoUsually known as [soft focus](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_focus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_focus). In lenses, caused by spherical aberration.
- heisenzombie 4y agoThe old-school method to do this on purpose was a smear of Vaseline on a glass filter in front of the lens!
- lancesells 4y agoIn the colder months I would exhale onto the lens giving me a varied look to this kind of blur. The great thing is it wouldn't last.
- Waterluvian 4y agoNow I finally understand that one Simpsons joke.
- Sharlin 4y agoAnother less-messy way is to stretch a (piece of) pantyhose in front of the lens.
- coolandsmartrr 4y agoHow is this different on halation, seen especially on vintage lenses?
- Wistar 4y agoHalation is what I call this silvery add-mix blur look. Might not be the accurate term but it's the one I've used since the early 1990s. In those days, when people wanted to make video look like film, the expression, "Add some halation to it," was sometimes used by the old school film/cinema guys.
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- pentagrama 4y agoA bit off topic, but this remember me the effect used on the Coen brothers movie Inside Llewyn Davis, I love that movie, but the effect throw me off all the time and now is "the movie ruined with that effect" for me.
- DarthNebo 4y agoFor some reason all I can think of is Lady Galadriel
- iamcrazyyounus 4y agoA smear of Vaseline on a glass filter in front of the lens was the old-school way to do this on purpose!
- quickthrower2 4y agoCan the real smear be undone using a filter?
- Daub 4y agoDon’t think so. A filter can blur, and in theory can also unblur. But in practice, cannot. Reminds me of this disturbing case… https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2007/11/you-can-swirl-you-cant-hide/ https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2007/11/you-can-swi...
- bcraven 4y agoDeconvolution might be able to unblur it. https://www.mathworks.com/help/images/deblurring-images-using-the-blind-deconvolution-algorithm.html https://www.mathworks.com/help/images/deblurring-images-usin...
- Ennea 4y agoAnother easy way to replicate this: * duplicate your photo layer * apply a Gaussian blur to the duplicate (5-10px, depending on total resolution) * set the blend mode of the duplicate layer to "overlay" * fiddle with the opacity to reduce the strength of the effect
- Daub 4y agoThis might not work so well if the layer was too dark or light. Best to average the layer lightness to mid grey using curves. The reason: Everything in the Oberlay family is a contrast effect. The darks act to darken, the lights act to lighten. Hence an average of mid grey will be least intrusive. This is different to the multiply family, which can only darken, or the screen family which can only lighten. More on overlay voodoo here.. https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/87565/pages/photoshop-using-the-overlay-blend-mode?module_item_id=4081525 https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/87565/pages/photoshop-u...
- Ennea 4y agoVery good point, thank you!
- Daub 4y agoAn old school way of creating this effect is to stretch a nylon stocking across the lens. In Photoshop, I would… 1. Duplicate the layer, and in Curves or Levels, ensure that it’s average value is mid grey. 2. Set its blende mode to Overlay or Soft Light. 3. If result too strong, pull the left curve handle up and the right handle down. This will kill the contrast and softer the effect. Similar process to this…. https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/87565/pages/photoshop-using-the-overlay-blend-mode?module_item_id=4081525 https://rmit.instructure.com/courses/87565/pages/photoshop-u...
- danwee 4y agoThe first image is how I see in real life (without glasses). The glow is not there of course, but the blur, yeah.
- rikroots 4y agoWhen I recoded my canvas library's filters functionality last year (because: make it more like SVG filters, which allow you to branch the data multiple times, apply various effects, then merge them back into the final output - which is awesome!) I made a decision to include an 'opacity' attribute to each effect so at the end of the effect calculation it can be recombined with the input before outputting to the next effect. This was whimsy on my part, but it does make creating effects like this one quite easy - as can be seen in the Gaussian blur's test demo: https://scrawl-v8.rikweb.org.uk/demo/filters-001.html https://scrawl-v8.rikweb.org.uk/demo/filters-001.html
- anyfactor 4y agoYou can achieve quite the same effect by rubbing Vaseline on your lens. You can but don't.
- ninjin 4y agoI really do not like the effect, but alternatively buy a cheap IR filter and rub the Vaseline onto it instead. Far easier to clean and for more disposable.
- xyzal 4y agoI dislike seeing this effect, it reminds me too much of what I see when my glasses are dirty.
- short_sells_poo 4y agoSame here, it makes my eyes hurt trying to focus all the time.
- dankons 4y agoReminds me of how the early bloom effects looked like in video games
- Bakary 4y agoIronically, the first image makes me think of a dreamy blur when it's in fact a dirty lens, but the author's image makes me think of a dirty lens when it's a calculated attempt at a blur.