PHOTOSHOP: Create a Realistic Lens Blur Effect (LENS BLUR FILTER): Combined with a Custom DEPTH MAP

Add realistic Bokeh to your images in PHOTOSHOP. In today's Tutorial I will show you how to create your own Custom Depth Map to be used with PHOTOSHOP'S excellent LENS BLUR FILTER to add realistic Bokeh to your images...

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Add realistic Bokeh to your images in PHOTOSHOP. In today's Tutorial I will show you how to create your own Custom Depth Map to be used with PHOTOSHOP'S excellent LENS BLUR FILTER to add realistic Bokeh to your images...


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[DalsPhotography]

Dave, I wanted to thank you so much for being clear, especially for someone like me, who started learning Photoshop when older, now at 61 I am still learning! Depth map is something I wanted to learn for my nature photographs, (usually taken with a 100-400 lens) but it's important for me to separate subject from background specially when it's small as a bird...The way you explain, is great. I saw 2 other people teaching, and it was sooo complicated that my brains gave overlow! LOL . Thank you again, best wishes from Uruguay.

[StephenEhrlichPhotos]

You skill is simplifying complex topic and showing how easy they are for the rest of us. Thanks again!!!

[bh]

Wow, I love the way you teach! Thanks for making it easy to follow along. Much appreciated.

[sandiegriffiths]

thank you! ive watched a couple of tutorials on this but it wasnt really working for one reason or another- this is just perfect, at exactly the right speed and super clear and concise for us to follow along!

[rolfmeier]

Excellent lesson as always. One really gets happy applying your techniques!

[henryamdur]

I just love your tutorials. I have some good images bit they look flat. I’ve been looking for techniques to bring the pictures to life. Thank you so much.

[jody]

Gosh Dave, what would we do without you? Thanks!

[dh]

good stuff as always Dave. I pick up something new I didn't know with every one of your tutorials. Thank you and Merry Christmas!!

[DeMorcan]

I used to do it this way. But find the Depth Blur neural filter saves time and works my many shots where you have objects at different depths. Sometime I do the blur in the filter. But often I just use it to output a depth map so I can refine the depth map if needed.

[iqueque]

Excellent tutorial thanks Dave. What about the fringing around the main elephant’s left leg? Is it possible to blur the outline slightly to hide it?

[keithsimpson]

Very good Dave. I haven't seen this technique before. I looks very realistic. But I have a question: how did the lens blur filter pick up on the depth map that you created? I know you clicked on depth map in the filter but the depth map channel wasn't active nor highlighted.

[ThatGuyInVegas]

Nice fallback if needed, but honestly, I'd be kicking myself for not doing it in-camera the entire time I was making the effect in post. 😅