You can use the Soft Focus tool to add a dreamy quality to your images. This softening can be applied across the entire tonal range or limited to the image's midtones. To target the Soft Focus effect to a specific tonal range within your image or the entire tonal range, use the Tonal Width slider.
You can save your settings as a preset for future use.
To Add Soft Focus to an Image:
Soft Focus Options
Strength |
Adjusts the amount of soft focus. Move the slider to the right to intensify the effect. |
Brightness |
Drag the slider to the right to increase brightness. |
Contrast |
Drag the slider to the right to increase contrast. |
Tonal Width |
Drag the slider to the right to increase the tonal width of the soft focus and affect a wider range of shadows, midtones and highlights, or to the left to decrease the tonal width by limiting the soft focus' affect to a smaller range of shadows, midtones and highlights. |
You can right-click a slider to reset to the default value.