Stay Focused Or Face An Uncertain Future
It's a big drop when you can't see where you are going.
This is very simple and can be a great result depending on content. Here I wanted to get all the focus on the steep escalator.
I used Photoshop but you can probably do the same in other programs. Copy the base layer so that it can be modified. You should never modify a base (background) layer. Using a copy of the layer is called "non-destructive editing".
On the new layer, either apply a strong Gaussian blur. Add a mask to the new layer, because mask are awesome and basically allow you to adjust the impact of the layer which is reversable.
For example, if you use and eraser, and erase the blurred layer above the escalator to allow the bottom layer to show through at the point, it is very difficult to restore the erased part if you make a mistake.
Using a mask, you affect the visibility or opacity of the new layer, and if you want to change it, you can easily restore it partly or wholly.
You should be able to find many explanations of basic masking, but briefly, add the mask, completely colour the mask BLACK with paintbucket (because it makes the mask invisible) then switch colour to white (becaue it makes the mask visible) and use a brush tool to paint on the mask where you want to allow the blur to have an impact. Using BLACK or WHITE with the brush, allows you to remove of reinstore the visible effect of the mask.
I hope that is clear.
Stay Focused Or Face An Uncertain Future
It's a big drop when you can't see where you are going.
This is very simple and can be a great result depending on content. Here I wanted to get all the focus on the steep escalator.
I used Photoshop but you can probably do the same in other programs. Copy the base layer so that it can be modified. You should never modify a base (background) layer. Using a copy of the layer is called "non-destructive editing".
On the new layer, either apply a strong Gaussian blur. Add a mask to the new layer, because mask are awesome and basically allow you to adjust the impact of the layer which is reversable.
For example, if you use and eraser, and erase the blurred layer above the escalator to allow the bottom layer to show through at the point, it is very difficult to restore the erased part if you make a mistake.
Using a mask, you affect the visibility or opacity of the new layer, and if you want to change it, you can easily restore it partly or wholly.
You should be able to find many explanations of basic masking, but briefly, add the mask, completely colour the mask BLACK with paintbucket (because it makes the mask invisible) then switch colour to white (becaue it makes the mask visible) and use a brush tool to paint on the mask where you want to allow the blur to have an impact. Using BLACK or WHITE with the brush, allows you to remove of reinstore the visible effect of the mask.
I hope that is clear.