Photoshopping Tilt Shift - Miniature Fakes

[hansvonaxion]

Had a quick go with what I could find on my puter. Doesn't look as good as what's been posted though.

 

[AshDav]

^ I really like that

 

[AutoAero]

 

[eddysdaman]

Thought I'd give it a stab - didn't have the best existing shots though.

 

[WillDAQ]

This is an epic extension of this technique http://vimeo.com/3156959?pg=embed&sec=&hd=1

 

[Davetouch]

^ Wow that stuff is epic!! Metal Heart is especially good, but the scenes with the helicopter in that one are just surreal

 

[mgkdk]

Toy boats
http://pic.armedcats.net/m/mg/mgkdk/2009/06/09/DSC_7872ts.jpg

Spoiler

http://pic.armedcats.net/m/mg/mgkdk/2009/06/09/DSC_7872.jpg

*waits for someone to complain about the slanted horizon*

 

[NecroJoe]

*waits for someone to complain about the slanted horizon*

*pff* Learn to hold a camera straight.

You're welcome.

 

[Ramseus]

Those videos were way cool, but I'm pretty sure buddy was actually using a t/s lens.

 

[stiggles]

Nice tutorial! I unleashed it on some pics that were lying about doing nothing:

 

[Ramseus]

Mini fake or fake mini?

http://pic.armedcats.net/r/ra/ramseus/2009/06/15/IMG_2906e.jpg

original

 

[IceBone]

Kinda doesn't work when you don't do it at a correct angle. Now it just looks like you shot it at a wider aperture.

 

[Ramseus]

It's a 1/8 scale railway, the camera was pretty much on the ground. Big faking a mini while mini faking.

/getting a different angle just for you IcePrincess

edit: meh
http://pic.armedcats.net/r/ra/ramseus/2009/06/16/IMG_2900.jpg

and if you're wondering, it's just the track because giant people riding the trains spoils the mininess.

 

[AshDav]

I've just finished my video guide for creating tilt shift.
It follows the same steps and technique as the written guide but it's hopefully a bit easier to follow.

Enjoy...

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJNsyksJmrY[/YOUTUBE]

 

[AshDav]

Just made this one up using the same basic method, but adapting it a bit to make the DOF more realistic

 

[hansvonaxion]

That's cool.

 

[47]

made my first one... should find a better pic though!
http://pic.armedcats.net/e/ed/edmundo47/2009/08/20/Zadar_Toy_Town.jpg

thanks Ash, your tutorials are great, but I could'nt make a good iPhone button...

 

[elDizzle_foShizzle]

Thx for posting this technique! I found it over a year ago, and it was totally easy! Here's my most recent go at it:

detail:

 

[WDWBen]

I'm going to bump this so I remember to post up Zeeal's Patented Way To Do This In Photoshop Elements 8 because PSE doesn't have Quick Mash.

I've done a couple... this one came out particularly well, I think:

And these two look really good when printed; not sure what people think when they're not:

Also, a question: I use a gaussien blur, not a lens blur. Would my pictures look better with a lens blur? And I'm only using a value of 8, whereas some people said they're using values of 25. Would MORE blur help me images, or is my blur good to go?

 

[Ramseus]

Lens blur is closer to the blur from a lens. And lens blur lets you use a mask to control the amount of blur across the image.