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ADD A GLOWING BACKGROUND

Blend and blur a backdrop to create glowing effects with impact

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A great way to give your subjects extra impact is to add a glowing background behind them. This is easily done with a combination of simple selection tools and filters. You can find lots of suitable background images for this. For this shot, we used a free downloadable image from Nasa Images, a fantastic resource for high-quality photos of stars, celestial objects and astronomy.

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