Adjusting Soft Focus

Use the Soft Focus tool to add a dreamy quality to an image. This softening can be applied across the entire tonal range or limited to the image's midtones. To target the Soft Focus effect to a specific tonal range within your image or the entire tonal range, use the Tonal Width slider.

Settings can be set as a preset for future use.

To add Soft Focus to an image:

1. In the Develop Tools pane, select the Tune tab.
2. In the Soft Focus group, make adjustments as described below.

Soft Focus Options

Strength	Adjusts the amount of soft focus. Move the slider to the right to intensify the effect.
Brightness	Drag the slider to the right to increase brightness.
Contrast	Drag the slider to the right to increase contrast.
Tonal Width	Drag the slider to the right to increase the tonal width of the soft focus and affect a wider range of shadows, midtones and highlights, or to the left to decrease the tonal width by limiting the soft focus' affect to a smaller range of shadows, midtones and highlights.

Right-click a slider to reset to the default value.

See also:

• Sharpening an Image
• Blurring an Image
• Adjusting Clarity