Photoshop Quicktip, blur the background

Here is a easy way to blur your background. Best way of course is to it in camera (F2.8 / F4). But you can also do it in Photoshop.

Here is one way to do it.

Open an image.

Next step is to make a selection of the background.  There are several way to do it.  I prefer to make a selection of the boy with Quick Selection Tool (W) and then inverse the selection (Cmd Shift I or Ctrl Shift I).

Then selects Blur > Gaussian Blur and add the amount of blur you want to have for your background. (is you first make a smart object of the layer you can change the amount of blur anytime)

Now we have a blurred background.  

PS you also can use a tilt shift blur

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