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Mask on face in a photo - rapattack - 07-03-2017
Sorry i dont know how to technically ask but i am wanting to put some type of layer or mask on the face of someone on a photo that is so they are barely seen. I dont know what that is called. I know i used something like that in some software decades ago but i have no clue of what the effect or whatever is called now or indeed then
RE: Mask on face in a photo - Blighty - 07-03-2017
(07-03-2017, 02:38 PM)rapattack Wrote: Sorry i dont know how to technically ask but i am wanting to put some type of layer or mask on the face of someone on a photo that is so they are barely seen. I dont know what that is called. I know i used something like that in some software decades ago but i have no clue of what the effect or whatever is called now or indeed then
There are lots of different methods, depending on the effect you want.
1. Work on a copy of the photo, not the original
2. Use either the rectangle or ellipse selection tools and make a selection around the face.
3. Filters > Blur > Pixelise. Play with the strength to get the effect you want. Or you could use Gaussian Blur instead of Pixelise for a different effect.
There are other methods (eg swirling).
RE: Mask on face in a photo - Ofnuts - 07-03-2017
(07-03-2017, 03:15 PM)Blighty Wrote: There are other methods (eg swirling).
That one doesn't work
RE: Mask on face in a photo - rich2005 - 07-04-2017
I love these
Using an elliptical selection, shown outlinedThere is the often used pixelize. http://i.imgur.com/I7YPRGV.jpg
Just as easily could be a regular gaussian blur http://i.imgur.com/8ojduIx.jpg
Whirl and pinch - well it is different http://i.imgur.com/cQBEQ1a.jpg
but I prefer a more traditional approach.
![[Image: MeRBFD8.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/MeRBFD8.jpg)