Focus Effect - Filter background Part 7

Concept: The lesson is designed using Adobe Photoshop. We have used selections, different combination of image editing tools and filters for most of the effects. Photoshop comes up with lots of the options and scope for experiment is much more than you can imagine. We wish to encourage you to use different options and tools to get better output. The lessons and techniques described need to be followed as a guideline to achieve the effect.

1. Open Photoshop. Open the image you want to apply filter on the background. We have used the same flower image for this lesson.

2. Select the background layer.

Filter > Sketch > Water Paper

Fiber Length: 15, Brightness: 60, Contrast: 80

Click OK.

3. Go to History palette and Undo the about effect to apply new one. Make sure that the background layer is selected.

Filter > Distort > Ocean Ripple

Ripple Size: 9, Ripple Magnitude: 9

Click OK.

4.Go to History palette and Undo the about effect to apply new one. Make sure that the background layer is selected.

Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic

Cell Size: 8

Click OK.

5. Go to History palette and Undo the about effect to apply new one. Make sure that the background layer is selected.

Filter > Brush Strokes > Spatter

Spray Radius: 10, Smoothness: 5

6. We will work using Layer Modes in the next lesson.