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And, since the chroma is degraded, it automatically gives the images that magazine-cover "beauty blur" effect.


Soft focus is spherical lens abberation, something you would usually want to avoid.


Correct, people normally avoid soft focus in the luminance curve. Running the chroma curve(s) through a low-pass filter, however, is the "Make My Logo Bigger Cream"[1] of the commercial photography world.

[1] http://makemylogobiggercream.com/




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