Photoshop elements 13 depth of field guided effect

Why when I tried to use in the guided section of PSE 13 the depth of field simple effect, it did blurred the image, but after that the gradient action to clear one part of the image did not work, does anybody have an answer to that. thanks

Please note that the Depth of Field guided edit works only when done in the sequence as mentioned in the panel.
For example, if you use the focus tool *after* using the blur slider, it would result in darkening of the image and the black blobs. In such a case:
Reset the changes made in the depth of field by clicking "reset panel"
Click the button to "add blur"
mark the area in focus.
you can use the focus tool multiple times to preciously mark the area in your image with no blur.
To add the finishing touch, move the blur slider to add any extra blur required

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To me, it looks as though you are trying the simple method.
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