Get the toy-town look in Photoshop

James Paterson uses filters selectively to mimic the look of a tilt-shift lens

The mission • Use Photoshop’s Tilt-Shift filter to blur the foreground and background Time • 15 minutes Skill level • Beginner• Intermediate• Advanced Kit needed • Photoshop CC On a normal lens the plane of focus – or in other words, the sharp parts of the scene – remains parallel to the camera’s sensor, and we move the plane forwards or backwards in the scene by focusing the lens. But a tilt-shift lens offers a different view. By tilting the front element, it’s possible to angle the plane of focus diagonally across the scene. This results in interesting depth-of-field effects, where the dynamic between what’s sharp and what’s soft can be manipulated in creative ways. One such effect is the toy-town look. By using a high angle, tilting the lens diagonally and shooting down on a wide, sweeping scene,…

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N-photo: The Nikon (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019

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