![]() Here’s the result of applying those two blur filters. Here, I’ve added a blur spot on the right, and one above the buildings in the center. You can continue to click on the image to add further localized blurs. It will again default to 15 px – but because the center marker has a zero blur, it won’t extend all the way into the middle. It returns us to the effect as we left it with the Tilt-Shift effect – but with that important zero-blur marker in the middle.Ĭlick on the left, over the in-focus buildings, to add a Field Blur marker there. Here’s the result when the Field Blur is turned right down. When you switch to Field Blur, it will by default apply a 15 px blur to the whole image, apparently wiping out the Tilt-Shift effect. To do this, check the Field Blur box and switch to that filter’s controls (without leaving the Blur Gallery dialog). But they’re further away, so you need to blur them as well. The problem here is that although the foreground and background are neatly blurred, the sides are still crisp, because they’re on the same horizontal level as the main buildings. To achieve this, drag the top dashed line down towards the upper in-focus bound. In the foreground, the blur should take place fairly gradually but in the background, where the distance is compressed, it should be more sudden. The upper and lower dashed lines set the point at which the blur is at its maximum. Don’t grab the tempting white dots, as these are used to rotate the effect. The default setting places these too low, so grab each line and drag it up so that they border the main building section in the middle. The inner horizontal lines in this filter mark out the area that’s in focus. You can already see the effect starting to take place. ![]() Then choose Filter > Blur Gallery > Tilt-Shift to open the dialog. This image of the Polish city of Krakow (a beautiful place, you should visit) comes from, and you can download it for free here.įirst, use Layer > Smart Objects > Convert to Smart Object, which will allow you to edit the filter effect later. A shot taken at ground level won’t work, since Tilt-Shift works by blurring the foreground and background – and at ground level, the background will be mainly sky. You need a photograph taken from high up, with the subject roughly center. You can replicate this effect in Photoshop, using the Tilt-Shift Blur filter. ![]() When you photography a model village, you’re so close to the subject that the foreground and background tend to be out of focus. Why? Because when you photograph a scene from a distance – from a mountain top, or a plane – everything is so far away that it’s all in focus. The Tilt-Shift effect makes aerial views of landscapes look like model villages. ![]()
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