Have you ever had to take a photo at f/11 while wishing you were shooting at f/1.8? If you’ve ever wanted to change the depth of field of a photo, you know that creating a depth map isn’t the easiest thing. Instead of struggling to create the perfect depth map in Adobe Photoshop, using selections and brushes, this video walks you through a simpler path.
In this video, Colin Smith from photoshopCAFE takes us through a sequence of steps in Photoshop to create an image with perfectly customizable depth of field. As a result you can choose which areas of the image are in focus, which areas are out of focus, and just how much of each area you want – a very powerful result.
On the way to the final image, Colin shows you how to do a few things to clean up and refine the depth map. Advanced users may be familiar with these processes, but for newbies, this is a good demonstration of how it works from start to finish. You learn about using neural filters, depth maps, selection tools, levels, channels, and Lens Blur filters.
Try this on one of your own images and share your results in the comments.
