Background Blur Effect

A friend of came to me to ask if blurring a background and leaving a main object in a photo possible in Photoshop. Since I have not done this before, it would be a learning experience for me as well.

Lets just start with this image below. Taken during my lunch break by a colleague of mine. These two ladies were asking directions to Summit Hotel. I happened to be there and gave touring directions while my colleague snapped this picture. I guess they were like aliens seeking directions or something. They were too nice to be considered ‘humans’. Just joking.

Here are the steps I experimented using Photoshop.

1) Select the object that you wish to stand out of the crowd using the ‘Magnetic Lasso Tool’
2) Once selected, right click on the selection and choose, “Layer Via Copy”
3) Notice that a new layer would appear under the layer properties window
4) Select the “Background” layer under the layer properties window
5) Select from menu, Filter > Blur > Motion Blur
6) I used Angle = 0, Distance = 40, click OK to finish
7) There you go, the background blurred and the object stays
8) To further enhance the photo, I inserted a pixilated, banner backdrop.
9) The finished product as below

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still lost...

Lost lah bro...
Like a Highway,
By Audioslave.

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Tux

Speaking of which, I have included a penguin in my blog. Initially I saw a pet puppy in my friends blog and thought of adopting a cyber pet as well. Tux, is his name (adapted from the linux penguin). If you have my Yahoo contact, note I have also penguins in my avatar as well. I think penguins are pretty stoned and clumsy at times. You could adopt your own cyber pet here: http://bunnyherolabs.com/adopt/

* You could make tux fall off, by clicking on him rapidly.

Office Friday

Its 6.35pm Friday, and i'm still in the office. I've been like here since 11 hours ago. Hanging-out in the office on a Friday makes you feel small. But who the hell cares. Probably was because of the haze lately, I can't walk back home like I normally do. Anyway, been listening to this song in office. Not much of Mp3 selection on my office PC. Thought of bloggin it. Here it is: Rob Zombie - Never Gonna Stop. Stream it in the main media player.


This is the wallpaper on my desktop. There are many things going on with this picture, all I can say is that, 'A picture paints a thousand words'.

Priceless Belongings

Was just thinking of what stuff matter to me most. Listed here are the most sentimental and precious stuff which are still used until today.

1) Lerun Mountain Bike, 18 speed 26", year:1993
2) Ambross Football Boots, model:Enzo, year:1999
3) Spalding Golf Set, graphite shafts, year:2000
4) Dell Dimension 8300, Pentium 4 HT technology, 2.60GHz, year:2003

That should be it, could not think of anything else.

Heads Up

This is whom I became to be last last weekend. Went into a battlefield of sand, dirt, trees, stones and lots of pellets. Just a song that I had in mind: Metallica - Hero of the Day. Preview it in the main media player.

Friday Rocks

A friend of mine sent me an mp3 today. This songs rocks and really make you think about the care-free days. Stream it in the main media player. Now Playing: Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song

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Was doodling in Photoshop again. I took a Ying & Yang logo and this was the result: