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Master the Depth Blur Filter
Get to grips with one of Photoshop’s best new neural filters and blur out backdrops
James Paterson
With over a decade as a writer and photographer behind him, James knows exactly which Photoshop and Lightroom tools and techniques matter most.
Neural Filters are part of a new wave of image-editing tools that make use of machine learning and artificial intelligence. These tools analyse the content of the image and are able to recognise people, animals and other objects. Such tools now allow for automated processes that we could only dream of a few years back.