When it comes to adding blur effects to an image in Photoshop, most people yawn and think "Gaussian Blur filter". But spend a little time with Photoshop's much more powerful Lens Blur filter, along with its easy-to-create depth maps, and there's no limit to how many creative and imaginative uses you'll come up with for it!

This tutorial will show you how to create sunflower themed wallpaper

Most of these center around different ways of exposing your shots - however many cameras also give options for different focusing modes (auto, continuous focusing for moving subjects and manual). Itâ??s no wonder then that many photographers never make use of their camera and lensâ?? ability to focus manually. In fact this week I spoke with one DSLR owner recently who hadnâ??t even noticed the manual/auto focus switch on the side of his lens. Image by dsevilla When is Manual Focus Better than Au

An easy way to create a blur frame for your picture.

Learn how to blur the image surrounding your subject.

A zoom blur highlights the main theme.

Create abstract light streaks in motion. This animation simulates the effect of a long exposure photo taken with a moving camera. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create streaks of light from a photo and learn several basic animation technique

This week let us learn a little technique I like to call the pixellated blur. I don't really call it that, but I had to call it something for the purposes of this tutorial. Really, I don't call it anything at all. Anyway, on with the tutorial.

In this tutorial find out how to add some speed to your car shots.

Learn how to create a unique depth blur effect that can be applied to any image (we use Battlefield 2142 in this tutorial.)

Learn how to blur the background of a photo after isolating the subject.

OK ... We just took a great photo, but on closer inspection there appeared to be a bit of a bogey in one of his nostrils. While we can get away with this for a small photo, once we tried printing this out onto A4 it was clearly visible... So... How can we get rid of it...One method would be to use the clone stamp and blur tools.

In this tutorial I'll show you how you can for adding a motion effect to an object, such as a person skating.

How to pop your foreground in Photoshop.

While there is an obvious opportunity in sports photography to emphasize the movement of participants - almost every type of photography can benefit from the emphasis of movement in a shot - even when the movement is very small, slow and/or subtle.

Spice up your text with this blur effect.

Faking it: depth of focus.

A video clip that shows how to use the surface blur filter for photo retouching.

Learn how to create a water motion blur effect on a photo that had a fast shutter speed. This technique would normally require a tripod and a longer exposure.

This will show you how to create a focus point while at the same time reducing your file size.