ok I know what you mean I use photoscape ..you can download it for free all you have to do is select (filter Out Focas) and you can darken/ lighten/sharpen/blur etc its realy easy to use... and you get exellent results...
I think this might be what you mean...
1) Duplicate your image onto a second layer.
2) Apply the effect you want onto the second layer - blur, darken etc.
3) Add a mask to the second layer.
4) Create an oval on the mask for the are you want to keep.
5) Apply a blur to the mask to taste.
6) Play with levels/curves on mask to taste.
It might sound convoluted, but it is very powerful, and you can play around with the mask to create all sorts of degrees and shapes of vignette.
If you are processing from RAW then ACR also has a post crop vignette option on the FX tab (or opening JPGs in ACR) .
I thought PicMonkey has a pretty nice focal focus tool...except maybe it's constrained to a circle now that I think about it, so the long oval shape might be a problem.
do you have the photo you want to do this to?
definitely go with the mask option for the vignette. you can increase the saturation a bit as well as the brightness. then use the "offset" option under exposure to give it some haze.
my first project photo was processed in a similar style (less haziness)
1) Open the image
2) Duplicate the background layer
3) To this layer a adjust the exposure so it is darker and add a blur effect. I used a very high level of blur and lots of under exposure.
4) Add a mask to this image and use the gradient tool to reveal the image underneath. I used the circular gradient. Placed the curser in the centre of the image and pull the line to the right at 90 degrees until its double the distance away (so the edge of the image is in the centre of the line).
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1) Duplicate your image onto a second layer.
2) Apply the effect you want onto the second layer - blur, darken etc.
3) Add a mask to the second layer.
4) Create an oval on the mask for the are you want to keep.
5) Apply a blur to the mask to taste.
6) Play with levels/curves on mask to taste.
It might sound convoluted, but it is very powerful, and you can play around with the mask to create all sorts of degrees and shapes of vignette.
If you are processing from RAW then ACR also has a post crop vignette option on the FX tab (or opening JPGs in ACR) .
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definitely go with the mask option for the vignette. you can increase the saturation a bit as well as the brightness. then use the "offset" option under exposure to give it some haze.
my first project photo was processed in a similar style (less haziness)
1) Open the image
2) Duplicate the background layer
3) To this layer a adjust the exposure so it is darker and add a blur effect. I used a very high level of blur and lots of under exposure.
4) Add a mask to this image and use the gradient tool to reveal the image underneath. I used the circular gradient. Placed the curser in the centre of the image and pull the line to the right at 90 degrees until its double the distance away (so the edge of the image is in the centre of the line).
That should get you the effect.