Photoshop: soft focus - there are these options

Photoshop provides you with different blur options. You can find out what you can do with these filters in the following article.

Different blur options in Photoshop

The blur filters can vary slightly depending on the program version. The filters mentioned here can be found in Photoshop CS6. You open the filters in the menu under "Filters"> "Blur Filters".

• The "motion blur" filter blurs the pixels in one direction and thus specifies a moving element.
• With "calculate average" a color is determined from all the colors in the photo which corresponds to the average. For example, if your photo shows blue water and green mountains, the average is a dark green tone.
• The "Blur field" also uses the average color value. This is calculated based on neighboring pixels. If you set the radius high, a colored area is created.
• The blur filter "Blur shape" uses vector shapes that are already installed by Photoshop. You can select the desired shape from a list.
• The "Gaussian soft focus" creates a blurry effect. The radius indicates the softness.
• The “Make Matter” blur filter detects edges in the image and excludes them from blurring. So the surfaces are blurred. This filter can be used to remove noise. The strength of the blur also depends on the radius.
• The "radial soft focus" creates circular or radiating effects. With "Circular" the blurring takes place in circular lines. Select Radial to use radial lines for the effect. The number of circles or rays is determined via the strength.
• The "selective blur" blur filter also works on surfaces rather than edges. The filter finds structures that are then blurred.
• No settings can be made for the "Blur" and "Blur more" filters. Simply try out here what effect these filters have on your images.
• The softening filter "soften depth of field" reduces the depth of field. Some objects remain in focus while parts further back become blurred. With a simple selection or with a mask, you can show Photoshop which areas of this filter should be processed.