Why yes, yes I can.Ā
Okay for this tutorial Iām going to be using @oliviaholtāĀ ās action that you can find here. It is truly a godsend.
Since the anon asked on how to blur, Iām going to assume you already know the basics of making a gif, right? Great! So Iāve already turned my frames into layers and Iām ready to sharpen using the action.Ā
For this, I use the DICOM imports option, just select it and hit play.
This will sharpen your gif as god (and oliviaholt) intended. Now hereās the petty part. Youāre going to go into your history window (if itās not already open, go to Window > History) and go back to the step that says Master Opacity Change.
This is the part of the sharpening action that duplicates the smart object that has been sharpened, then adds a gaussian blur and lowers the opacity to make it softer. If you donāt use an action (or use a different action) this is the step where we make our gif blurry on the person we donāt want to appear. So, duplicate the top layer (Group 1 Copy) and place it above.Ā
Set the layer at 100%
Now add a layer mask to the smart object (NOT the existing layer mask on the smart filters!!)Ā
Erase the person that you want to be more visible (rip Kola Iām sorry) using the eraser tool on the layer mask using a soft brush.
Use the video timeline to make sure that you erase more if the person moves around in the frame
Now if you REALLY want that person blurred out, double click on the Gaussian Blur applied to this layer
And make the radius of the blur higher. You can make it as blurry as you want, but try to stick under 3.5Ā
And now you have a blurred out gif! Almost. Now we need to finish the rest of the action. Open up your action panel and see where we left off. Youāre going to want to click Flatten Frames into Clips and then hit play on the action.Ā
If your timeline has a blank frame at the beginning or end, just delete it and save your gif as normal!Ā
And there you go! A fully blurred out petty ass gif. (Again, Iām sorry Kola)

















