: How to blur everything except fuzzy region of an image in Photoshop? Suppose I have an image and a fuzzy region on it Now I wish to "accent" view only in this region. For this purpose

@Sue6373160

If you want even more control of the blur, you could use an Iris Blur on a Smart Object:

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@Carla748

Ok, this will be simple and non-distructive too.

First, right click on the layer in the layer panel and convert it to smart object.

Second, apply the blur you want to the image, (at this stage it will apply to all the image)

Third, the blur you add will create what is called smart filters (because you have a smart object). This smart filter has it's own mask layer - see image below - now you can paint the areas you want in black to mask them and vice versa.

Hope this is clear

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