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Discover fifteen tips for working with Layer Masks Tips in Photoshop.

Learn fundamental Layers Panel tips and techniques including how to best work with the background layer, adding and deleting layers, changing opacity and blend modes, renaming, linking and more!

The Blur Gallery filters (Field Blur, Iris, Tilt-Shift, Path, and Spin) are incredibly powerful features that can help selectively blur a photograph in order to remove distracting elements, help direct the viewers eye through an image, or just add creative effects! To apply these filters in a nondestructive manner, I would recommend that you first convert the layer(s) to Smart Objects before applying the filter so that you can: