Okay now you have caught my attention. ; This is really cool. ; I hope that you will post a small tutorial on how you did this. ; (Please). ; I have tried to do this in the past but have not had great luck. ; I wasn't using CS5 but still did not have the effect I wanted. ; I love the look of these and a actual T/S lens is out of the question for a long time. ; Still this is great work. ;
I am just getting the hang of this process myself. ; Here is an action for photoshop that will really help with the process. http://www.cmbimages.com/software/tilt_shift_effect.zip The key to the process of using the action is to get the right amount of blur in the effect. ; This is accomplished using this action by using the Gradient Tool to set the amount of blur. ; When the action asks you to draw a line to create the gradient effect, remember that the starting point of your line will be the center of the focus. ; Play around with it a little and you will begin to see the impact of the blur on the image. ; Once you have completed the action in photoshop the lens blur window will open. ; play around with radius settings to increase or reduce the blur effect. ; This will also help you see the effect and impact of the blur on your image. ; Here is a before and after example I have been working on of Mallory Square in Key West. ; This photo was taken from our balcony on the Disney Magic. ; Photos were taken with my wife's old HP camera a few years ago. ; I am with you. ; Tiltshift lenses are a little too expensive for my taste. Original TiltShift Happy to discuss further if you have any questions.
One other thing you also have to remember with the lenses is that they only tilt in one axis, the other axis shifts. ; Example: ; for my store photos, horizontal was the tilt, and I shifted up and down. ; That was useful for getting a large sign to be in an image without having to tilt the camera up - and the problems with just tilting the camera up weren't correctable in PS without distorting the photo noticeably. ; So the lenses still have their very limited use - but that's what renting is for! In PS you have more control over what item(s)s in the pic are in focus, plus you can boost the saturation which adds to the feel. ; I think the whole process works better digitally than it did in the film era.....
You don't need CS5 to do this. ; I've done it with Gimp. ; It only takes a few steps to do a simple one. ; I have a link to a set of instructions that I'll post later.
The Photoshop Action that I posted for TiltShift will work with CS 3,4 or 5. ; I just happen to be using CS5 Just give it a try and post some of you work. ; Thanks.
thanks for the action, CB. ; i will try it out later. ; in the process of migrating from cs4 to cs5... ; gotta love the education discount program.
As promised, here are a couple of links to tilt-shift tutorials: A simple one for Gimp: ; http://www.ahotw.com/2008/10/14/tilt-shift-camera-lens-effect-in-gimp/ A more complex one for Photoshop: ; http://recedinghairline.co.uk/tutorials/fakemodel/index.html No matter what software you use, the steps are pretty standard. I've posted this shot before, inspired by one that Justin did at the Tomorrowland Speedway. ; (You need to re-upload that attachment, Justin.) ; We both had to spend extra time to get the scoring tower masked out of the blurry background. And now, we return you to Chris' BTM thread...
All beautiful and impressive examples of tilt-shift. I'm floored by them. I tried tilt-shift a few times, but I was either doing it wrong or just didn't have appropriate photos, because none of them turned out.
These are all fantastic, ; I will have to check out the education discount myself so I can give these a try.
Okay this was the first attempt. ; I do like this though but now that I know I think I will have to set up a shot specifically with this edit in mind. ; I think a certain type of photo works better that others. ; Thanks for the tutorial and great work everyone. ; This is going to be a little fun.
