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Filters and Special Effects > Blur Effect > Selective Blur
Selective Blur
This blur filter is intended for smoothing out but not losing details in your image. It is similar to Gaussian Blur except that
neighboring pixels that differ more than the specified threshold amount (0 - 255) will be excluded from being blended.
Choose the Filters/Effects > Blur > Selective Blur menu item and select the radius and the threshold to blur the active item
or the selected area. Check off the Preview option to preview the effect of the filter on the active item. Try different options
if you want, and press Enter to see the result on the screen instantly. Click OK to confirm the action, click Cancel to cancel
the action, or click Reset to reset the values in the dialog.
In the example below, the middle image is blurred with Selective Blur with radius 10 and threshold 30. The background and
skin are smoothed out while the boundary between the woman and the background is still there without being blurred. The
bottom image is blurred with Gaussian Blur with radius 10. The background is smoothed out, just like in the middle image,
but the boundary between the woman and the background is also blurred.