tilt and shift
Faking a Tilt-and-Shift Effect in Photoshop
This is a really effective and deceptively simple process that is most commonly used to create a distortion of scale – makes any shot with buildings and people in look like a model village! But it’s also really effective for creating a false depth of field, and forcing a point of focus.
Basically you make a selection of the whole image, apart from a stripe across where you want the image to remain in focus. It works best with shots taken from a high viewpoint, with people and buildings in. …but I haven’t got any of those handy so I’m going to demonstrate on something completely different! A photo of two people walking down a canal tow path!
Open the image in Photoshop...
Open the unprocessed image in Photoshop. Work out where you want the in-focus strip to be in the photo and create a Selection with it. › Continue reading
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