{"id":1838,"date":"2015-01-12T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T09:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2019-02-24T15:38:21","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T12:38:21","slug":"photoshop-blur-tool-sharpen-tool-smudge-tool-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweetmonia.com\/Sweet-Drawing-Blog\/photoshop-blur-tool-sharpen-tool-smudge-tool-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop Blur Tool, Sharpen Tool and the Smudge Tool Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Photoshop Blur Tool, Sharpen Tool and the Smudge Tool Tutorial” is part of my Photoshop book “Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures”<\/strong><\/strong>, which is more revised and covers more concepts than the online tutorials,\u00a0feel free to check out the book by visiting my Learn Photoshop CC With Pictures Book Page.<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In this tutorial. We are going to discuss 3 more tools, The Blue Tool \"Blur-Tool\", The Sharpen Tool\u00a0\"Sharpen-Tool\"\u00a0and The Smudge Tool\u00a0\"Smudge-Tool\"\u00a0. The blur tool decrease the focus of\u00a0part of the picture. The sharpen tool does the opposite, it increase the focus of a certain area, or sharpen it in other words. The smudge Tool smears the picture, similar to what you could to to paints with your finger. Which is why is has a finger icon<\/p>\n

The Blur Tool\u00a0\"Blur-Tool\"<\/h2>\n

The blur tool\u00a0\"Blur-Tool\"\u00a0decrease the focus of the part of the picture you paint on. This is useful to integrate a new object into the picture, or to remove very small blemishes from a someone’s face. Bigger blemishes should be removed by using tools like the Spot Healing Brush Tool \"Spot-Healing-Brush-Tool\".<\/p>\n

To illustrate how the Blur tool works, take a look at the line on the picture on the left, see how sharp it is. And compare it to the same line on the right. And see how blurred and unfocused it looks like. This is because I blurred it using the blur tool.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"Blurred-Unblurred-Area\"<\/p>\n

Using the Blur Tool is so straightforward, all you have to do is to select the tool. And then paint with it, just like we do with the brush tool.<\/p>\n

I am going to show you two examples for the Blur Tool, one that works, and one that doesn\u2019t work the best way.<\/p>\n

Take a look at the following girl picture:-<\/p>\n

\"Blur-Tool-1\"<\/p>\n

If you looked carefully, you will see a little blemish on the girl face, this blemish can be removed easily with the Blur Tool.<\/p>\n

\"Blur-Tool-2\"<\/p>\n

To remove the blemish, do the following:-<\/strong><\/p>\n