Exporting Background Blur

[andreawi]

Hey there,

I've got a question: whenever I export a photo I edited especially to make the background blurry, the blur won't show up on the exported jpg even though it's there on the preview in the exporting persona.

I definitely have both background and foreground selected but it just won't work  - getting a little frustrated here, maybe anyone can help me?

I attached a screenshot to show you the problem

 

thanks for your help in advance

[toltec]

It would be more helpful if we could see the file.

 

Background blurred and picture exported as a JPEG. File > Export (No Persona !)

[John Rostron]

This background looks pretty blurred to me. It also seems to show the halo recently mentioned here.

John

[HVDB Photography]

How to avoid halo when blurring ?

 

- make the precise selection, feather a bit and duplicate on a new layer
- use the inpainting or clone brush to clone the selected area with surrounding parts
- fade/blur the image as desired
- merge both
- done

 

 

[IanSG]

1 hour ago, HVDB Fotografie said:

How to avoid halo when blurring ?

 

- make the precise selection, feather a bit and duplicate on a new layer

How do you feather after you've made the selection?

[toltec]

17 hours ago, John Rostron said:

It also seems to show the halo recently mentioned here.

John

 

You. You . . . . .  Nitpicker 

 

Happy now ? 

[toltec]

50 minutes ago, IanSG said:

How do you feather after you've made the selection?

 

All around ("Feather" Slider) or selectively by painting with the "Adjustment Brush" set to Feather. maybe ?

[HVDB Photography]

6 hours ago, IanSG said:

How do you feather after you've made the selection?

 

How I did it ...

 

CTRL + click on the  thumbnail of the layer containing the copy of the selection

Marching ants appear

Select > Feather  -  in this case I"ve chosen a small radius of 3px

 

[IanSG]

Thank you gentlemen - some useful lessons there!