The Orton Effect

After speaking with my mum about Photoshop effects, she told me about the Orton Effect. This effect is creates a blur in the image whilst keeping the sharpness of it. It is used to create a dreamy feel to the image. This would work very well for my poster and dvd cover.

Here is a video tutorial:

It's a very simple but effective method of creating the dream like look. I had originally tried to used a diffuser filter for my film to create that look but found it was too blurred. Using this effect, I can control how sharp I want the image to be making this a much more practical method.

Also, there is a group on flickr.com dedicated to this effect. There are some great pictures of forests done with the Orton effect. It seems to work great with forest scenes which is exactly what I will be trying to recreate.