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How do i edit a picture to become like this in Photoshop

Dec 26, 2011 9:17AM PST

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That's called bokeh
Dec 29, 2011 3:31AM PST

Basically, that's not a PS effect. It's done in photography by focusing on something closer (your main focus) and in the background, light spots will continue to get out of focus the further they are from the focal of your picture. If you have light coming through a tree in the background etc, it will create the same effect.

Also can use various lights throughout cities etc, anything that creates a light source in an area OUT of focus will do this.

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Do i have to use a certain camera?
Jan 4, 2012 11:46AM PST

Can this be only produced in a DSLR?

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What lens should be used
Jan 16, 2012 1:57AM PST

will a lens with f: 2 and above do the job?

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It's not just the lens but the F-stop is part of it
Jan 16, 2012 2:30AM PST

Sorry but I only know film camera trickery but the concepts of film emulsion and digital are similar as far as playing with depth of field. Basically, what your picture shows is a very short depth of field which means only a very shallow depth is within good focus. This is accomplished by using wider aperture setting on the lens with the subject fairly close to the camera. You do need a lens that will open up a bit and, to my knowledge, only cameras with interchangeable lenses do this well. With a wide open lens and a fast shutter speed, you can create the effect partially seen in your example. The fuzzy but brighter areas in the background are actually lens aberrations. If this was taken with an older SLR with a leaf type aperture, you may actually see something like 6 sided geometric images instead of round or oval ones. But what's also needed is brighter light in front of the lens. If outdoors, this could mean having the sun in front of the camera shining through trees. Bright light that hits the lens reflects back and forth between the lens elements causing it's source to lose clarity and become more diffuse before hitting the film or image sensor. You should be able to create this affect without software quite easily but it might help to know a little about depth of field limitations, lens aberrations and how to use them to advantage. Good luck.

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Could only see the top half
Dec 27, 2011 4:37AM PST

But it looks blurred to me as in, 'out of focus'. I would think that's easy to do with a camera, focus on the subject in the foreground and the background is out of focus.

Mark

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Phtoshop effect
Jan 16, 2012 6:29PM PST

You can learn these type of effect easily from youtube.