This isn’t something you’ll often do for work or a real project, but it’s fun and it can look cool. Tilt shifting a photo is something that can be done by expensive fancy camera equipment or, fortunately for us, free software. The idea is that when you take a photo of small scale objects like model towns, part of what reveals them as miniature is the difference in focus. When a camera is up close to small objects, it can’t focus on other nearby objects, making them blurry. Tilt shifting is applying this blur effect deliberately, to make large-scale objects appear small. Getting it just right can take a lot of time and effort, but the basic method is quite simple, and that’s what we’re covering today.
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How to Create Tilt Shift Effect in Gimp
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Miniaturize Your Photos With TiltShift Generator
By | April 5, 2010 |
Tilt-shift photography is a technique whereby figures or objects are made to appear miniature through the manipulation of the lens. If done very well, the life-size objects or subjects will appear like miniature scale models. Although it is a technique that skilled photographers accomplish using their cameras, you can also mimic it with photo editing software, such as Gimp or Adobe PhotoShop.
In the fast-pace, social media infused society that many of us live, it would be nice to be able to apply such photo effects on the fly, directly on our digital image capturing devices (i.e. pocket cameras and mobile phones).
TiltShift Generator is an Adobe Air applications that allows users to manipulate their photos directly on their mobile devices, whether their devices are netbooks, laptosp, or mobile phones. Because it is an Adobe Air app, it will work on any device that can run Adobe Air. Furthermore, it is available for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch in Apple’s App Store for $0.99.
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