Episode 1: Photoshopping Tilt Shift

21. Jun, 2009 19 Comments .


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#1 Photoshopping Tilt Shift [ 3:30 ] Download

Make sure you click this blue bit of text for the Podcast version of this tutorial.

Tilt Shift Photography is the latest ‘big thing’ in the photo world. It uses a very shallow Depth of Field to transform a scene into a tiny toy from a tiny world. It may only be in my eyes, but lately it’s popping up all over the place and is showing some truly spectacular and eye catching results. However, Tilt Shift Photography is very difficult to create in camera. It involves a special lens and of course a lot of money to buy it. Here then is a guide for all you Photoshop owners so that you can create the incredible effect on your own photos with a few simple steps.

Here then is a video guide to creating your own Tilt Shift photos using Photoshop. Remember there’s also a text and image based guide for you to follow along to.

Also, if your internet doesn’t like this Vimeo version and it’s high quality and size, there’s a youtube version as well.

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"Hi I'm Ash Davies, the founder of PhotoGuides. I'm an 18 year old Australian student with a passion for photography and design, and PhotoGuides is my excuse to learn cool new stuff. You can also join me on Twitter and Facebook."

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  • Mark Walter

    That’s really helpful
    thanks

  • http://www.photoguides.net Ash Davies

    Glad I could help Mark :)

  • http://10steps.sg Johnson Koh

    Very well done. Love it :D

  • http://www.photoguides.net Ash Davies

    Thanks Johnson. Glad you like it.

    P.S. your website is excellent! And happy first birthday :P

  • Peter Lind

    Here is an alternative for lazy people like me
    http://tiltshiftmaker.com/photo-editing.php

  • http://www.photoguides.net Ash Davies

    Thanks Peter. That’s quite a nice site :)

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  • http://sax155.deviantart.com Sax155

    Thanks, good tutorial. Pretty helpful, so as the ohers on this site. Good job! (thumbs up)

  • http://web-design.my nadia

    interesting…thnx

  • http://www.design977.com Pusparaj

    Helpful. Thanks.

  • http://thebluecommunity.com PwnedKA

    Thanks again, for another great tutorial!

    Heres my original – and then my final product of a cityscape view:

    http://www.engineerisaac.com/forums/showthread.php?p=102293#post102293

  • pellepelle
  • http://kissmyspatula.com/ my spatula

    fantastic tutorial! one of the best i’ve seen out there. thank u!!

  • http://www.ffotograffiaeth.co.uk/ Anthony Woodhouse

    Thank you so much, Fantastic tutorial cant wait to try it out.

  • http://www.ffotograffiaeth.co.uk/ anthony_woodhouse_uk

    Thank you so much, fantastic tutorial, just followed along with the file great work.

  • http://www.purplelionpaper.com Purple Lion Paper

    Yes! I’ve really been getting into this since watching the video. And I’ve found that even if I don’t have a picture that’s been taken from a high vantage point, it still brings out a fun focus within the photograph. Something new. Does anyone have any new, unique ideas for angles to take a Tilt Shift picture from?

  • http://www.michelleisapain222.com Hung Medine

    i’d love to share this posting with the readers on my site. thanks for sharing!