How to Make an Orton Effect Soft Focus Portrait using Adobe Photoshop Elements

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In this tutorial I show you how to make an interesting soft focus portrait look using the Orton Effect in the Guided Edits section of Adobe Photoshop Elements. This is a quick and easy Guided Edit technique that can add a nice dreamy romantic feel to a portrait photograph.

INDEX – Adobe Elements Orton Effect Portrait
00:00 Start with original image
00:10 Make duplicate of background
00:23 Remove Color Cast
00:40 Open Guided Edits
00:57 Orton Effect is in Special Edits
01:13 Launch Orton Effect and click Add Orton Effect button
01:23 Adjust Blur, Noise, and Brightness to suit
01:49 Click Next, then In Expert
02:08 Merge top 2 layers to new layer
02:26 Add Layer Mask to new top layer
02:41 Paint Soft Edge Black onto layer mask over face
03:02 Adjust the Cropping
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