{"id":45914,"date":"2025-05-27T11:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=45914"},"modified":"2025-05-27T08:38:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T13:38:18","slug":"4-levels-of-background-blur-in-photoshop-beginner-to-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/45914\/4-levels-of-background-blur-in-photoshop-beginner-to-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Levels of Background Blur in Photoshop &#8211; Beginner to Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-45915\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/BackgroundBlur.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"417\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n_tVy5sZmEA?si=lUDKBIZqxf1VC_ir\" width=\"750\" height=\"420\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;4 levels of Background Blur in Photoshop, from beginner to expert. Colin Smith shows 4 ways to blur the background of a photo in Photoshop in this Photoshop tutorial, from beginner to advanced. 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