Lore

Tilt-Shift Blur to Mask Low-Resolution AI Backgrounds

Overview

Using Photoshop's Blur Gallery – Tilt-Shift filter to hide quality weaknesses (low resolution, messy detail) in an AI-generated background, by exploiting the fact that a background is often already meant to be out of focus behind a subject.

How

1. Stamp/merge visible layers (Ctrl/Cmd+Alt+Shift+E) into a new layer, then Convert for Smart Filters so the blur stays non-destructive and editable later.
2. Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift: position the solid in-focus band around the subject; drag the dashed lines out over the background.
3. Set blur amount (~40px) — enough to obscure the AI background's low resolution without looking artificial.

Why it works

Rather than fighting a Generative Fill limitation (whole-background generation is currently low quality) head-on, this leans into an existing property of the source photo — it was already slightly out of focus — turning one limitation into cover for another instead of trying to eliminate it. Part of the broader Generative Fill Background Compositing Workflow.

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Generative Fill Background Compositing Workflow, Camera Raw Grain to Unify AI Composite Texture

Из тем: Unsorted, Generative Fill & AI Compositing Toolkit