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kuschelirmel-stock β€” Depth of Field Photomanipulation Tutorial Part 1

Published: 2013-11-16 15:05:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 21807; Favourites: 800; Downloads: 427
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You have probably all seen it done without knowing the technical term for it: that "blurry background / blurry foreground thing" that can help you get some depth into your manip. The technical term - Depth of Field - describes the part of a photograph that is in focus while the camera renders everything outside the DoF as blurry. In this tutorial, I am trying to teach you how the effect comes about in classic photography (without going into too much detail - the photographers present are asked to excuse this), what you need to look out for in terms of pitfalls and how to use Photoshop tools to simulate the effect.

I would love to hear your comments - all my tutorials are free, but the time it takes to write them is usually considerable, so a little feedback would be welcome, to keep my spirits up

This is Part 1 of 2 - Part 2 can be found here fav.me/d6ufmuj

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All images used are mine unless stated otherwise.
In this part, the following stock providers' images were used in addition:
~13-Melissa-Salvatore , ~Sinned-angel-stock , *NastiaOsipovaStock , ~ddLinStock , `faestock , *YBsilon-Stock , *Free-Stock-By-Wayne , *jagged-eye , ~polocola

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Comments: 41

Nexu4 [2015-07-01 06:42:38 +0000 UTC]

amazing tutorial

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A-Wakefield [2014-09-19 22:15:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for sharing!
I have used this here:

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ailerozn [2014-03-22 04:34:02 +0000 UTC]

I knew about Depth of Field, but I love how you incorporated some photography in there (ex: when you go back and zoom, there's more blur, and just about aperture in general). I have to go and take out my camera, and try varying those effects. Thanks! (:

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to ailerozn [2014-03-23 11:53:27 +0000 UTC]

great to hear - I was hoping for that side-effect

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Shedboy68 [2014-03-01 10:30:24 +0000 UTC]

Congrats mate!!

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to Shedboy68 [2014-03-01 15:34:15 +0000 UTC]

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TriZiana [2014-02-06 07:02:08 +0000 UTC]

Mentioned in here Β mippieart.deviantart.com/art/I…

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zummerfish [2013-12-22 10:35:05 +0000 UTC]

wonderful tutorial

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to zummerfish [2013-12-23 09:20:40 +0000 UTC]

thanks Alice!

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gillianivyart [2013-12-22 05:48:37 +0000 UTC]

Grats on the DD! Β ;D

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to gillianivyart [2013-12-23 09:21:13 +0000 UTC]

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I-Am-Madbat [2013-12-21 22:56:48 +0000 UTC]

Handy!

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to I-Am-Madbat [2013-12-23 09:35:48 +0000 UTC]

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ECatsie [2013-12-21 21:29:26 +0000 UTC]

This information was very useful Keep it up!

And congratulations on your DD You deserve it~

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to ECatsie [2013-12-23 09:38:10 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Superrose65465468478 [2013-12-21 15:35:54 +0000 UTC]

CONGRATS FORΒ  THE DD!Β 

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to Superrose65465468478 [2013-12-23 09:38:18 +0000 UTC]

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SilvieTepes [2013-12-21 12:57:36 +0000 UTC]

Congrats for the DD!!

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to SilvieTepes [2013-12-23 09:39:53 +0000 UTC]

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Lintu47 [2013-12-21 11:06:58 +0000 UTC]

Congrats on the DD!
Have a nice day and Happy Holidays!

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to Lintu47 [2013-12-23 09:40:00 +0000 UTC]

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TrixyNetex [2013-12-21 08:42:57 +0000 UTC]

This is great

Nicely explained, you've given me much to think about.

Congrats on the DD Β 

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to TrixyNetex [2013-12-23 09:40:11 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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ScatteredAshe [2013-11-30 23:37:43 +0000 UTC]

This is freaking awesome!! I was already somewhat familiar with DOF but you really broke it down, thank you!!

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to ScatteredAshe [2013-12-09 16:23:42 +0000 UTC]

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TehAngelsCry [2013-11-19 21:51:42 +0000 UTC]

Hey there! Β 

Your tutorial has been featured in my weekly journal: Tutorial Tuesday #26!

I'd love if you could take a look and support your fellow deviants through comments on their tutorials

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to TehAngelsCry [2013-12-09 16:28:20 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much!

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AliYaqooob [2013-11-17 18:53:47 +0000 UTC]

pretty helpful tutorial,

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to AliYaqooob [2013-12-09 16:28:40 +0000 UTC]

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Reixma [2013-11-17 15:01:43 +0000 UTC]

As I am starting to take up ameture photography, this information is very interesting and I lok forward to putting these things into practice!

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to Reixma [2013-11-17 15:28:22 +0000 UTC]

that is great to hear!
In the beginning, I wanted to split the tutorial after the "Understanding the Mechanics" part and upload part 1 to the photography section, but part two was too long to upload so I had to do a different split I hope other beginner photographers may find this useful as well (and find it buried in the manips gallery like this)

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Reixma In reply to kuschelirmel-stock [2013-11-17 15:30:04 +0000 UTC]

It makes sense to me.
I think this will prove useful to many people, so go you!

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to Reixma [2013-11-17 15:32:18 +0000 UTC]

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SoulcolorsArt [2013-11-17 13:48:01 +0000 UTC]

this is very helpful, thanks

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to SoulcolorsArt [2013-11-17 15:28:33 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome!

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LRJProductions [2013-11-17 03:14:06 +0000 UTC]

HEY this is great! I've been doing professional work for years but this is so succinct, and "duh!" that it's great and I've not even thought of it.Β  So simple, so elegant, so perfect :3 thank you so much for sharing!

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to LRJProductions [2013-11-17 09:01:59 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for the sweet compliment!

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Gwendolyn1 [2013-11-16 17:56:06 +0000 UTC]

Very kind of you to do this and share this!! This is very much appreciated!! I will look into it later better!Β 

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to Gwendolyn1 [2013-11-17 09:02:49 +0000 UTC]

you are most welcome!

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bnolin [2013-11-16 16:00:13 +0000 UTC]

This is very well done, and helpful! Thanks for taking time to do this. A very clear explanation.Β 

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kuschelirmel-stock In reply to bnolin [2013-11-16 16:01:05 +0000 UTC]

you are most welcome & thank you so much!

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