Gaussian Blur Discovery Enigma

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February 6, 2023
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Accidential discovery with the Gaussian Blur tool.

Not sure how this works since I have not seen it posted on the web. There does not appear to be any blurring to the image.

While on the process of converting images to black and white to prepare for engraving I discovered when changing to B&W and applying the Divide Blend Mode I can then use gaussian blur with a high setting to achieve amazing results. You can then apply a layer mask to tweak the dark areas.

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westdr1dwAuthor

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Accidential discovery with the Gaussian Blur tool.

Not sure how this works since I have not seen it posted on the web. There does not appear to be any blurring to the image.

While on the process of converting images to black and white to prepare for engraving I discovered when changing to B&W and applying the Divide Blend Mode I can then use gaussian blur with a high setting to achieve amazing results. You can then apply a layer mask to tweak the dark areas.

S_Gans

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Cool! Thanks! I can't wait to give this a try!
Can you please tell us which method you're using to do your conversion to B&W?

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westdr1dwAuthor

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The enigma is this does not appear to work on all images. Trying to understand what it is doing.

Layer/New Adj Layer/B&W

John T Smith

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John T Smith

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