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seling19079166
seling19079166
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March 30, 2019
Question

Blur Function

  • March 30, 2019
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Hi everyone,

Why is it the case that blur function works on one line of an image but not on the other line?

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seling19079166
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April 1, 2019

Sorry I'm learning how the forum works and made two similar posts. Response to either one is appreciated.

Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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April 1, 2019

Using the Blur tool directly on an image is destructive in the sense that if you save & close the image, you can't revert back to  the un-blurred version.   For this reason, I always make a  duplicate layer with Ctr / Cmd + J beforehand.  If I totally mess things up, I have the orginal layer as backup.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    seling19079166
    seling19079166Author
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    April 1, 2019

    It's unrelated to this topic but is it possible to have arno - pro font in its non-bold version OR is it always in bold? I want to use its bold version in one part of the line and its non-bold version in the other part of the line.

    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity Expert
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    March 31, 2019

    Hi

    The most likely reason is that they are on different layers. If you don't see it, you can show your Layers panel here.

    Jane

      seling19079166
      seling19079166Author
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      March 31, 2019

      Excuse my ignorance but how does one see or show layers? I started using Photoshop today. P.S.: this image was created by a friend so don't know how she did it.

      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      March 31, 2019

      Go to Window > Layers Panel (F7).

      JPG, PNG and bitmap images don't have layers.  They are flattened to a single Background layer.

      Photoshop PSD files support layers if the image contains any.  Some people like to merge layers at completion to reduce file size.  I always keep an un-merged version as a backup just in case I need to go back and make changes.

      In this example, my PSD image contains many, many layers which I've organized into 3 groups called Text, Flames and Background.  Clicking on the Background group reveals the layers inside it.

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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