Diffuse glow filter

Use the Diffuse glow filter to give a subtle and dreamy 'diffuse glow' to your photos. Here's how you can do it in Photoshop.

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With one click, you can give a soft, diffused glow to your photos in Photoshop and have them ready to use in your composites.

  1. You can access the Discover Panel in Photoshop using the search icon at the upper right of the interface. Alternatively, you can use the Cmd/Ctrl + F keyboard shortcut or choose Help > Photoshop Help from the menu bar.

  2. In the Discover Panel dialog box, navigate to the Browse > Quick Actions section and scroll down to the Diffuse glow filter quick action. 

  3. Click the Apply button and you will see that your image gets transformed with a nebulous glow.

    Note:

    To try on a different layer, select the one you want from the Layers panel, then click Refresh.

  4. You can further refine your action on the image by going to Filter > Filter Gallery > Distort > Diffuse Glow and adjusting the Graininess, Glow Amount, and other details. 

  5. Click the Revert button to undo the quick action's steps all at once. Click Browse more quick actions to choose from a variety of quick actions you can apply to your image. 

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