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PaintBuster Tutorial 4: Background Blur.
Done in a few steps.
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In order to blur only the background, we must protect the foreground from being affected.
For this purpose, we use the protection mask. The easiest way to create a foreground protection mask, is first to use the Mask Pen Tool  , and apply protection mask around the edges of the foreground. Use thin pen size for details.
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Make sure there are no gaps in the mask around the edges, select the Mask Fill tool  , and click somewhere inside the foreground to fill the rest of the foreground with protection mask. |
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Now use one of the blur filters in the filter dialog (Image->Apply Image Filtering) to blur the background. The protected foreground will not be affected. |
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Of course, having masked the girl, we can clip her out, place her on a layer and paste her to a whole different background. |
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Or, we could make an artificial backround like this, which simply was created using a shaded rectangle. |
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