Tilt Shift With Photoshop Elements

[StuffNThings]

Here is a photo I took at the Cliff Dwellings in Colorado. I used Photoshop Elements to create a "model" look. I used the tutorial here: http://www.tiltshiftphotography.net/...p-tutorial.php, except I applied the blur by making a rectangle selection, feathering it, selecting the inverse and applying a Guassian Blur Filter. I hope you like it!

Camera: Canon Powershot A1000IS
ISO: 100
"Cloudy" Setting
Still learning =)

[kencaleno]

That is nothing like tilt and shift,nor is the tutorial-shift is used to straighten converging verticals Tilt/shift is used to distort or get around obstacles.What you have done,is to get limited depth of field,you can do that with an F1.8 prime lens,fully open, Here's another way to get the same effect:



Faux F1.8 D.O.F.

1. Ctrl+J ; Add a layer mask-Using Pen tool, draw a path around subject, Edit> fill Black 100%
2. Selection> save selection, save to new channel
3. Select gradient tool, black to white, linear
4. From the area you want in focus, draw a line vertically downwards (1/3 in front;
5. Using gradient tool again, layer mode Screen, drawing a line upwards 2/3ds behind)
6. Channels-click on saved mask Ctrl+ click-select gradient mask, mask only
7. Set background color to black. Ctrl+ backspace
8. Click on original duplicated layer with its mask-name it “Gaussian Blur”
9. Now select image-not mask.-Lock Transparency. click little chequerboard, at top of layer palette
10. Filter> Blur> Gaussian blur 40-50 pixels
11. Repeat step 8,but name layer “Lens Blur”-Filter> blur> lens blur, and in the dialogue box:
12. “faster”, depth map source “layer mask” Blur focal distance-adjust to suit
13. Set iris shape to number of diaphragm blades of your lens. Radius 100%
14. Don’t play with “blade curvature or rotation” Brightness 2;Threshold 180
15. Click Ok-Flatten and save


If you want to learn what tilt/shift means, take a course with a view camera. I presume the tutorial writer thought he was emulating the Scheimpflug Principle,where everything in the image is sharp at widest aperture,when Film plane,lens plane and subject meet at a common point-And this cannot be achieved with a tilt/shift lens,because the film plane/sensor must tilt, too.


Regards, Ken

[fletch]

Ken - The tilt part of tilt/shift can used to manipulate the direction of the plane of focus across an image for creative effect. It seems that is what the Photoshop effect is trying to mimic, its not the same as using a very large aperture.

Its not an effect I like but the picture above seems to have acomplished the look.

[StuffNThings]

Thanks for the info! As you can tell, I am just a very beginner using my Canon Powershot while I save money for a DSLR. I'm reading everything I can get my hands on and am enjoying this site thoroughly! Ken, I will try the Faux F1.8 D.O.F effect. I wish I was as knowledgeable as you! Have a wonderful day . . .