Fake Tilt Shift

[Mohain]

well done, I think you could have lied, said you just bought a tilt-shift lens, and gotten away with it.

I'm an honest guy ... usually

Thanks for the comments :mrgreen: Obviously the effect works best on photos from a certain viewpoint. There are loads more on flickr if you're interested.

Cheers,

Mohain

 

[tonyeck]

Here are some of my efforts:

Bear in mind these were very rushed but its a cool effect

 

[LaFoto]

Awww
Such a pity.
My Photoshop is 6.0 (ancient!)
I would love to try this on some of my New York pics now ...

Can I send you some, Mohain, for you to change them into a model train world?
And do these pics need to have been taken from above or does this work with ANY pic?

 

[tonyeck]

Awww
Such a pity.
My Photoshop is 6.0 (ancient!)
I would love to try this on some of my New York pics now ...

Can I send you some, Mohain, for you to change them into a model train world?
And do these pics need to have been taken from above or does this work with ANY pic?

As a general rule, 'above photopgraphy' works a lot better, it gives it that minature look. There is no harm in trying though!

 

[Fate]

Awsome effect Gota try it!

 

[Reverend]

That's awesome. I just tried it on my Chicago at night photo.

 

[tonyeck]

Wow! I didn't think it would work to well on night shots, but it does!

 

[LaFoto]

Oh, don't make me cry, all you Photoshop CS owners :cry:
I want to be able to do this so bad now.
And my 6.0 just doesn't have the feature - it is way too old.

 

[M @ k o]

That's so dam cool lookin Mohain !

 

[Mohain]

Great Tonyeck & Reverend

LaFoto, I have a big back log of shots I need to process but I can try a couple for you if you want ot send Or you could post some up here so anyone can have a go? It's best for shots when you look down on something, as you would a model.

 

[Foffen]

awww.. this is so cool. Absolutely dig it!

 

[JohnMF]

Oh, don't make me cry, all you Photoshop CS owners :cry:
I want to be able to do this so bad now.
And my 6.0 just doesn't have the feature - it is way too old.

i'm sure you could get a similar effect in PS6 somehow. Maybe not as good but close

 

[tonyeck]

i'm sure you could get a similar effect in PS6 somehow. Maybe not as good but close

Even try a gaussian blur after adding the gradient mask?

I'd do it in these steps:

1 - Add a retangular marguee around a third of the size of the image around the focal point

2 - Add a feather off around 60? Maybe less, may need to experiment

3 - press apple + i or ctrl + i to inverse it.

4 - Then add the gaussian blur filter. Add as much as needed

5 - change the levels, curves or anything to seem like it has a strong studio light giving extra strong shadows etc

Should work very similarily (sp?!)

 

[tonyeck]

One more

 

[Antarctican]

Very cool effect! Well done.