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Quick Highlight Circle in Photoshop

In this quick Photoshop tutorial, we’ll learn how to create a quick highlight circle. You can use this technique to highlight objects or parts of your image. Image blurring is a very popular technique around the web.

Tutorial Details

Difficulty: Beginner
Apps: Adobe Photoshop
Estimated Completion Time: 5′ Minutes
Resources: Boy & the Bench by woodsy

Step 1 > Open the Image

First, open the image you want to edit in Photoshop

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Step 2 > Select the Circle

Pick the Elliptical Marquee Tool (M) in your toolbox. While pressing Shift on your keyboard, create a perfect circle selection around the bench. Next, go to Layer > New > Layer Via Copy to create a layer for your selection.

 

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Create a new layer via copy

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Step 3 > Blur the Background

With the “Background” layer active go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and add 30px blur.

Press OK to confirm the Gaussian Blur effect.

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Step 4 > Blending Options & Text

With the “Circle” layer active go to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options and replace the values similar to the first image. With Type Tool (T) you can add any text to the image.

Blending Options: Stroke: Size – 15px, Blend Mode – Overlay, Opacity – 100%, Color – White (#ffffff).

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Conclusion

A simple and easy technique. You can use this method to highlight objects in your images.

 

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