My Tilt Shift

i thought that was sick. One thing is that most of your shots where really shaky so maybe your tripod isnt very stable or some where hand held but you should do something to fix that. I thought most of the shots had a good miniature feel to them but yeah there where some that looked just normal. I really enjoyed the colors too. What TS lens was that?

Yeah I was pissed with how shaky the shots came out. There was 40+ wind gusts that day so even with a tripod it was hard to keep the camera stable. It was shot with an HV30 in 1080i. There was no TS lense used, just boosted the saturation and contrast while adding a blur effect.

thats sweet. im impressed you where able to achieve results like that without a TS lens. What blur effect was it?

on photoshop I believe it's called lens blur you just mask with quck mask and gradient and blur the selection

I used a standard blur effect in media composer. Just masked over the parts I wanted blurred, reduced the concentration of the blur, and feathered appropriately.

SICK! i was about too make a thread on tiltshift. i have a question for you though, after you quick mask/gradient/end quick mask and get your selection, how do you get it too ONLYblur your selection? mines just does the whole picture for some reason.

http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/photoshop-tutorial.php

can i apply this towards video with PS or how did the OP do it?

it depends on what you editing in. In after effects you need to duplicate the layer, put the mask on top, blur bottom layer (you should now have a blurred rectangle), go to the top layer, click mask and expand, click invert, BOOM, now do ctrl shift F and feather.

If its not after effects play around. With my editing software I can draw multiple rectangles for the blur effect so I drew one on top and one on bottom. Hopefully that helps you out!

things that take the miniature affect away:
1. It looks like video, which would not be possible in a miniature. make it look choppy like stop animation. bigger gaps between frames.
2. Tripod movements, if its too fluid, it takes away the beleif that its a miniature shoot because you would have to tie down the camera between photos to move your set. if you do make pans, make it choppy.
3. height: I noticed that your best shots were when you were high. this might be the hardest one to fix but it will help the most. Also pay attention to whats in your frame. for example it is impossible to shoot a maquette with a horrizon so dont have any in your shots.


this was realy sick though, dont get me wrong. your just that close to making it realy awsome! keep us updated