The so-called ‘miniature’ or ‘tilt shift’ effect can be very convincing. It makes everyday scenes look like tiny models. You can apply it with lots of different programs and apps, and many cameras now have a ‘miniature’ effect built in. It’s often referred to as a ‘tilt shift’ effect too, because it’s associated with lenses that have special … [Read more...]
Saturday spotlight: Tilt-shift effect
Digital tilt-shift effect tools are popular because they give images a retro 'old-camera' look and, in the right circumstances, can make a real-life subject look like a miniature model. But first some physics. Digital tilt-shift effects are rarely accurate. They only work if your whole subject is on a single flat, receding plane. If you have any … [Read more...]
3 ways to add digital depth of field with the Perfect Effects 8 Lens Blur filter
It's easy to get shallow depth of field with a camera. You just need a camera with a large sensor, and a lens with a large maximum aperture and the laws of physics do the rest. But adding depth of field digitally is trickier, so let's see if a filter designed specifically to do this job can produce genuinely realistic results. The new Lens Blur … [Read more...]
Create a miniature effect with this Focal Point 2 tilt shift technique
Tilt shift effects are all the rage right now, either as tools within image-editing programs or built directly into the camera. They deliberately defocus parts of the image to create the look of old-fashioned lenses, highly-controllable studio or architectural lenses or, in the case of this Focal Point 2 tilt shift technique, they make a real-world … [Read more...]
Create a tilt-shift effect with Snapseed
Tilt-shift effects depend on two things – an understanding of how the illusion is created and the right kind of subject. The illusion is caused by a defocusing effect before and behind the subject. This is what we're used to seeing in close-up photography, where the depth of field is limited and only a narrow region of the subject is sharp. When we … [Read more...]