Blur Tool

Photoshop has many different tools which I have found helpful so far. Firstly, I have used the Lasso tool on nearly everything. I found it easy and quick to use and I think it is very useful. Another tool I have used is the Blur tool. For many of my pictures, I found it very hard to make the edges look smooth. I felt it was important to get the finish look, as it has a large impact on the final product and how the audience would look at it. I came across the Blur tool and I feel that it has been very helpful. Here is one of the images I used it on. I decided I would have this image in my contents as I felt that the mike pointing towards the writing would work well.

 1) Using the Lasso tool to cut out the background and separate it from the main image that i wanted.

2) The edges looked rough and untidy and make the image as a whole look very cheap and bad.

3) I used the Blur tool to make the edges look more neat, and i could see the difference clearly when i compared the immage from earlier, to this.