You can choose which is matching to your need. There are many use cases of blurry effect of a photo. GIMP is more than enough to create something like this. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
Sign in. Log into your account. Forgot your password? Password recovery. Recover your password. Get help. Better Tech Tips. By Captain Jack. Updated: April 7, So, how to add blur effect in GIMP? Open GIMP and load a photo you want to edit. Choose a selection tool from the GIMP Toolbox that is best suited for selecting the parts in your image that you want to blur. Click on the Filters menu and hover your cursor over Blur. Table of Contents. What Is the Blur Sharpen Tool?
Blur: This activates the blur tool. Sharpen: As you guessed, this will turn on the sharpness tool. Rate: This slider will increase or decrease the intensity of the tool of choice. If you find some elements of an image distracting the viewer, you can selectively blur it out. Try not to blur it too much, though. Otherwise, it will look unnatural if the surrounding area is sharp and your object isn't.
In this case, you'll need to increase the size to be blurred to blend it in with other parts of the image. If you have a large area that needs to be blurred, you might be better off with one of the blur filters. When applying the blur tool, the direction of the brushstroke has no effect. If you need directional blurring, try using the Smudge Tool instead. To some degree, the blur tool can soften pimples, scars, and other blemishes.
However, it might be better to use it in conjunction with the Heal Tool or Clone Tool. Work non-destructively by applying on a duplicate of the image layer. In essence, sharpening with this tool increases the contrast where the brush is applied. The result of increasing contrast too much will result in the dreaded Digital Noise.
Therefore, apply sparingly. As with the Blur tool, use a duplicate of the image layer to apply. In fact, if you're blurring and sharpening for the same image, I'd recommend applying one on the copy. Then create a duplicate of that layer to use the other. Using duplicate layers to work on also gives you the ability to adjust the edit's intensity by lowering the Opacity if needed!
For better results, you may want to consider using the Unsharp Mask filter and a Layer Mask. Pro Tip. First, duplicate the image layer you want to work on. Next, apply your preferred sharpening filter. Personally, I use Unsharp Mask. Set the Opacity to around 10 - Adjust as needed. Next, Ctrl-click on the duplicate to make it the source image. As you paint on the original layer, the pixels will mix together with the sharpened and unsharpened version.
Normally, tool options are displayed in a window attached under the Toolbox as soon as you activate a tool. See the Common Paint Tool Options for a description of tool options that apply to many or all paint tools. Blur mode causes each pixel affected by the brush to be blended with neighboring pixels, thereby increasing the similarity of pixels inside the brushstroke area. Sharpen mode causes each pixel to become more different from its neighbors than it previously was: it increases contrast inside the brushstroke area.
Too much Sharpen ends in an ugly flocculation aspect. Whatever setting you choose here, you can reverse it on-the-fly by holding down the Ctrl key. Paint Tools. Tip You can create a more sophisticated sharpening brush using the Clone tool. Activating the Tool. Key modifiers Defaults.
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