Making an Unfocused Background Gradient

Position Point: Drag this point to relocate the entire meter.
Fully-blurred Point: This point determines the size of the blue circled area. The areas outside of the circle are fully-blurred.
Non-blurred Point: The area under this point is not given a blur effect. Drag it to make the clearest point of the photo varying distances from the center of the blue circle.
Half-blurred Points: This point determines the half-blurred position within the gradient range.

After applying the DOF Effect to a photo, the foreground will always be surrounded by an unfocused (blurred) background. This result is ideal most of the time. However, if there is an extended plane, such as the floor, ground or the table with the foreground object on it, the surrounding blurry background will be inadequate, because it creates a false impression of image depth.


The original photo without DOF effect	Everything excepts the foreground object is de-focused.

FaceFilter provides a Background Gradient feature so that the defocused background can be gradually from fully-blurred to none-blurred.

The gradual blur effect makes the depth of the photo more convincing.

Making an Unfocused Background Gradient

Adjusting the Gradient Pattern

After the Gradient Pattern is chosen, the unfocused result may not match the photo because of the positioning of different objects in the photo. Therefore, you'll need to adjust the pattern to optimize the result.

Make sure you have determined the gradient pattern for the photo (in this case, the Linear pattern is chosen).
Switch the Preview Window to the After mode by clicking the Multi-View button.
Click the Background Gradient button under the Depth Pattern group.
The Background Gradient panel will show.