The three Softness commands are Soft Focus, Soften, Soften More. Soften applies a uniform blur to your image. Soften More applies the Soften command with more intensity. The Soft Focus command makes the image look as though it was taken with a camera using a soft focus filter.
To use the Soften and Soften More commands, choose Adjust > Softness > and either the Soften or Soften More command.
To use the Soft Focus command:
Choose Adjust > Softness > Soft Focus to open the dialog.
In the preview window, center the important part of the image. Pan the image by clicking and dragging in the preview window; zoom in or out as necessary.
For Softness, set a percentage value or choose the strength of the correction. At lower values, the image is softened only a small amount. At higher values, the image appears to have a blurred effect.
For Edge importance, set a percentage value or choose the strength of the correction. At lower values, the edges of the image is softened. At higher values, the detail of the edges are retained.
Mark the Include scattered light check box if you want bright areas in the background of the image to be softened.
For Amount, set a percentage value or choose the strength of the halo effect. At lower values, the halo is added to only very bright areas in the image. At higher values, a halo effect is created around bright areas.
For Halo size, set a percentage value or choose the size of the halo. At lower values, the halo is small. At higher values, the halo effect is large.
For Halo visibility, set a percentage value or choose the strength of the halo visibility. At lower values, the halo effect is subtle. At higher values, the halo effect is more obvious.
Click OK.
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