blur in stages

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Author: voldemort

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Description

This is a progressive blur filter disigned to break your photo into 4 seperate masks and then apply different levels of blur to each layer so –-Get ready for a beast of controls to fine tune an effect
first off all src labled controls pertain to the areas that you want blured and to what intensity
This filter takes the source "src" and breaks it into 4 masks each with a different blur intensity
after determining what you want your base mask that you want you can then select what intensity of blur you desire
then how much to feather the various masks
finally you can decide if you would like to reintroduce detail into the photo

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this filter has two preview check boxes the first is your source preview check box this allows you to fine tune the base source selection

the second one allows you to preview what sections will have the greatest blur and what sections will have the least

Keywords

blur photo detail soft feather mask alpha

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Filter Controls

• SRC BLUR
• SRC Brightness
• SRC Contrast
• SRC Control -1
• SRC Control -2
• SRC SHARPEN Amount
• SRC SHARPEN Radius
• SRC LAB SLIDER
• SRC Selector
• SRC Invert
• blur
• Invert blur alpha
• Feather blend
• Reintroduce source
• Overlay Screen
• Preview select mode
• Prev Least / Greates
• Prev blur mask