Soft Focus Filter for Wedding Footage

I have perused my filters in FCP but am not finding a nice soft focus for use in wedding videos. Am I missing the obvious or is this another software purchase?
Thanks!

Try this - I'd be interested to get people's views on it . . .
Copy the clip to the track above (so the top clip is identical to the one below) and use the Gaussian Blur Filter (quite heavily) on the top clip. If you want, you can also lighten the top clip with one of the Colour Correctors - blow the highlights etc if you like.
Then adjust the opacity of the top clip to suit your taste . . . Cool?
Play around with it, then let me know.
The idea is, the original clip's still sharp - but you get that dreamy, hazy look because of the top clip - and it's VERY controllable.
Andy
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I can see you set the f-stop to f/22 using a 20mm lens. What I can't see (because the lens doesn't provide the data) is the focused distance.
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