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Picture Effect 211

And finally, the last batch of Picture
Effects. I’ll deal with each of these
individually.

5.25.7 SOFT FOCUS

Yup, soft focus does what you think it does
– it fuzzifies the image in a slightly
different way than you could achieve by
simply not focusing accurately with your
lens. It can be useful for dreamy-like
portraits for aging movie stars, and the
intensity is selectable from three levels.
This effect is often used in the advertising
world to make something seem more
mysterious, moody, romantic and desirable. Figure 5-58: Soft Focus can
Figure 5-58 shows this effect at work on an create a mood effect - misty
ordinary scene taken in a tea shop of a man and surrealistic.
choosing a product.

5.25.8 HDR PAINTING
HDR Painting emulates the kind of grungy Topaz-filter look that seems to
be all the rage. HDR Painting will take three pictures (just like the

Figure 5-59: HDR Painting. Notice the boosted color and contrast - probably to
the extreme for these examples. Try shooting rusting cars with this effect.