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Draw a new Rectangle Frame and with it selected go to Edit > Paste Into.

Note that Layer Blend Modes like 'Soft Light' can add some subtlety to the effect but can also change the color and tone of the image.įinally, if you want to crop the image or just hide the overlapping edges: You can adjust the 'blur' by changing the amount of opacity and how offset the image is. This will foreclose any colour fringe around edges. Fix the blend mode of the new layer to 'Luminosity'. After you click OK, the new layer will appear on summit of the Background layer.

Repeat the process: this time do Edit > Paste in Place then nudge the image down and to the right. Right-click on the groundwork layer and select 'Duplicate Layer'.

Apply (for instance) opacity of 50% and layer blend mode: 'Soft Light.'.

With the top (new) image selected, open the effects panel (Window > Effects).

Maybe just one tap each on the keyboard to start, more later if you want.

This will put a copy of the image right on top of the original.Select the image, copy it, then choose Edit > Paste In Place.

Since you can't actually do a Gaussian blur in InDesign you could try faking a blurry effect:

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