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For those looking to conceal their home on Street View, Google allows homeowners or tenants to request a permanent blur.

We all know Photoshop is a powerful tool. In two tutorials, I'll take you through how to use Photoshop CS3's Lens Blur filter to do two things: today, we'll make images look like they were shot ...

Yesterday, I showed you how to simulate a photograph taken with a tilt-shift lens by using Photoshop CS3's Lens Blur tool. Today, we'll do something a bit more practical: clipping out an object ...

Best of all, this feature doesn't require a Canva Pro subscription, so you can blur parts of a photo on your phone for free. Here’s what you'll need to do: Open Canva, tap the plus icon at the ...

If you need to blur a specific part or instead pixelate the image, use other tools discussed in this post. This sums up the list of apps that can be used to blur or pixelate an image on Windows 11 ...

That kind of visibility can be misused by people with bad intentions. It's the reason many celebrities choose to blur their homes on Google Maps, preventing stalkers or burglars from getting a close ...

How to Distort or Blur Images With Photoshop. A blurred image may be a mistake and disappointment when you view important pictures, but sometimes it's an intentional effect you want to add in.

This tutorial demonstrates how to apply an effect to a portion of a video image while leaving the rest of the clip untouched, and how to track that portion of the image throughout the duration of the ...

You can blur the background in photos you take on any iPhone by properly positioning your subject.; Starting with the iPhone 7 Plus and 8 Plus, newer iPhones feature a Portrait Mode that ...