7. The Menus / 7.7 The Menu Filter

7.7.10 Blur/Soften

The Soften filter reduces the contrast in an image, so that the content of an image becomes blurred.
You can use this filter, if you want to attract the attention of the viewer to an object in the foreground. Therefore you use the soften filter on the background, in order to make it less eye catching.

Another field of use is to create a certain romantic touch by softening images.