Applying effects
137
The Selective Focus dialog box appears. You can maximize the
dialog box to increase the size of the Before and After panes of
the preview area.
2
In the Area of focus, click one of the following tools:
• Planar Selection Tool
— the default tool for setting a linear
area of focus. It is effective at setting an area of focus along a
road, bridge, or other linear element that isn’t along the edge of
your photo.
• Half Planar Selection Tool
— lets you set a linear area of
focus along the edge of a photo
• Radial Selection Tool
— lets you set a circular area of focus
3
In the Before pane of the preview area, when your pointer displays
the move cursor , drag the area of focus to the position you
want.
4
Drag the rotation handle (the box at the end of the short line) to
rotate the area of focus.
5
Drag a sizing handle (on the solid lines) to set the edges for the
area of focus.
6
Fine-tune the results by dragging any of the following sliders:
• Blur amount — determines the amount of blur outside the area
of focus
• Feather edge — determines the softness of the transition
between the area in focus and the blurred areas. You can also
adjust feathering interactively by dragging a feathering handle
(on the dotted lines) in the Before pane.
• Saturation — determines the intensity of the colors in the
photo. Increasing saturation can help simulate the vivid paint
colors used for models and toys.
