Written by Steve Patterson. In this Photo Effects tutorial,
we’ll learn how to create a miniature effect in Photoshop CS6
using its brand new Tilt-Shift blur filter. Tilt-shift camera
lenses are often used with architecture photography to prevent
perspective distortion, or with landscape or product photos to
control the plane of focus, but they can also be used to make
real life scenes look more like tiny miniature sets,
transforming full size people, cars, buildings and so on into
little mini versions of themselves. It works by creating a
shallow depth of field, the kind you’d expect to see with macro
photography, so your real life photo ends up looking more like a
miniature scene shot up close with a macro lens. This effect
works best with a photo taken from high overhead and looking
down on your subject at an angle. You’ll also want a photo where
everything is initially in focus, since we’re going to adjust
the depth of field ourselves. Here’s the image I’ll be using:
And here’s what the final miniature ef