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Can't remember (again) how to blur edges on round sun

Aug 11, 2012 11:24 AM

I filled a transparent layer with blue sky, opened another layer and used the elliptical marquee tool to draw a round sun, and filled with yellow. I then blurred the edges with a simple keystroke, but can't remember what I did. Please help me to recall this. Thanks in advance.sun.png

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  • Noel Carboni
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    1. Noel Carboni,
    Aug 11, 2012 12:40 PM   in reply to sheana2002
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    There are different ways to do what you're doing, but given the description of where you are (right after filling a circular selection), I'd Select - None (Control-N) then Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur and set the Radius to taste.

     

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    2. sheana2002,
    Aug 11, 2012 2:11 PM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    Can you tell me another way to do this using a keystroke, if possible? I only remember that it was something really simple and a stupid little detail I overlooked. I tried the method above but I can't get it to work in my version of Photoshop. Thanks in advance.

     
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    3. Noel Carboni,
    Aug 11, 2012 2:59 PM   in reply to sheana2002
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    None come to mind, except perhaps if you created an action to do the steps I decribed and assigned it to a function key. 

     

    Once you do a Gaussian Blur one time, and assuming you don't do any other filters, you can do the same Gaussian Blur filter again with the same parameters by pressing Control-F.  That works with most things in the Filter menu.  Basically Control-F is a "do it again" function.

     

    Maybe someone else with a better crystal ball can come up with a different idea.

     

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    4. sheana2002,
    Aug 12, 2012 4:33 PM   in reply to Noel Carboni
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    I gave it another try, and your method worked perfectly. Thanks again for taking the trouble to help me, I don't need anyone with a better crystal ball.

     
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    5. Noel Carboni,
    Aug 12, 2012 4:35 PM   in reply to sheana2002
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    You're welcome, and thanks for letting me know you got it working.

     

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    6. beejay01,
    Aug 20, 2012 3:01 PM   in reply to sheana2002
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    have the layer where you have the circle selected. then do a shift+control+i, to inverse the selection, then press shift+F6 to feather, now its up to you how you would want the edges to be blurry, but 10% or 20% usually works for me.     3.jpg

     
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