For those wondering this technique is called "Tilt-Shift" You can virtually make any picture look like a scaled down version of the real thing with a few easy adjustments in Photoshop.
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This effect works best with photos taken from high point of view. I searched through flickr looking at various photos and this one was the perfect candidate for this type of effect.
That effect is prettyyyy!
Does a simple shift of focus with a big tel have any effect? I am not so experience with better cameras (I could borrow though one from work) and I use a pretty primitive PSP5 which has no filters to simulate that.
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Vosla wrote:That effect is prettyyyy!
Does a simple shift of focus with a big tel have any effect? I am not so experience with better cameras (I could borrow though one from work) and I use a pretty primitive PSP5 which has no filters to simulate that.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO what a ride'
1. A Photo taken from a High Point of View almost like Isometric.
2. In my example I adjusted the Contrast of the picture since it was a bit washed out.
3. Create a Gradient Fade away from where the main focus is.. usually done by masking the area.
4. Blur the area that is out of focus.
5. Adjust/increase the color saturation so you get that Toy look.
6. Adjust the Color Balance/Curve or more Saturation to get that Plastic Look.
Additional tip : "Lens blur" in photoshop works best.
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO what a ride'
Here's another one from a picture i made in London
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO what a ride'
Analog-X64 wrote:These are fun to do.. Here is another one I did today.
just some constructive criticumn : could be a bit better if you shifted the gradient selection up a bit, so the middle plane is in focus. And i've found that sometimes a bit of extra, manual selection can do a LOT for something like this. In this case, i'd make a gradient selection, and would also paint the middle plane, so it would stay unblurred.
As an example, below is one i did a few weeks ago, and in this case, i made the gradient selection, but also made sure the two people carrying the stroller remained unblurred.
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Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO what a ride'