Try these tutorials with Photoshop
Edit photos to create new images and graphics.
Use design tools
Series 3 tutorials
How to use a filter to create a blur effect
Photoshop filters are useful for creating photographic effects, like softening a portrait to draw attention to the subject.
Start with core concepts
You can use Photoshop filters to re-create popular photography effects or to change the look of a photo.
What you'll learn
Discover different kinds of filters
Recognize how basic filters stylize a photo, whereas other filters reproduce photography techniques.
Add a filter
Add creative filters to make a photo look like an oil painting or to give it a soft and dreamlike look.
Add a mask
Apply filters to just part of a photo with the help of layer masks.
Learn with in-app guidance
You'll get step-by-step instructions that guide you around the interface.
