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This tutorial is to help you learn how to make a diffused black and white photo effect. Ok, once you have your photo open in photoshop:
1. Convert the photo to black and white using a new Channel Mixer Adjustment Layer. If you need more help with this step please refer to our tutorial on “Converting Photos to Black and White.”
2. Then (with the background layer selected) select Diffuse Glow from the Filters menu under the Distort submenu. (Filter>Distort>Diffuse Glow).
3. In the Diffuse Glow menu, adjust the Graniness, Glow Amount, and Clear Amount to somewhere around 5, 5, and 10. This may vary some depending on the picture.
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