LR3 Blur

[pragmatist]

Can anybody tell me what the Gaussian blur is like in LR3 and is it easy to use?

 

[awp]

what guasian blur in LR3?

 

[swanseamale47]

Do you mean negative clarity? on negative sharpness?

 

[pragmatist]

In cs5 there is a Gaussian blur, It's used on portraiture, Obviously called something different with this app

 

[specialman]

Just got it myself but haven't had time to use yet: This google search might throw up something:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?clie...oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=YH4MTcaHNInKhAfJ9Km4Dg

I'd hazard a guess (and going by what I know from LR2) that because layers aren't supported in the same way as photoshop, full-on blur effects will be hard to achieve. I think there's something to do with clarity that will affect overall sharpness (and this can be applied as a local edit using the brush function I think) but I doubt it will be anywhere near as effective as any layers with blur added that can be done in PS.

 

[swanseamale47]

You can add negative clarity or sharpness as a local ajustment, but it'll be a bit more tricky to apply as you have to "paint" it on rather than bluring a mask.

 

[pragmatist]

That should do the trick, I can get a great effect with the blur brush in Aperture 3...Aaaah Aperture, If only the bugs were sorted :shrug:
Well i'm now going to download a trial of LR3, Here goes!!