
Good source images are from high point, cities, mountains etc.. you get the point.
So i show you in a few easy steps how you get from this to..
...this beauty.
Step 1
Choose a suitable source image and crop the part you think sticks out.

Step 2
Go into "Quick Mask Mode" by pressing Q.
Step 3
Select the "Gradient Tool" by pressing G.
Step 4
Select the "Reflected Gradient"
Step 5
Draw a gradient in the region of the picture you want to be sharp.
Step 6
Exit the "Quick Mask Mode" by pressing Q.

Step 7
Go to "Filter/Blur" and select "Lens Blur", play around with the settings to get a feel for it.
Step 8
To get a good artificial look go to "Image/Adjustments" and select "Hue/Saturation" or use CMD+U. A value around 20-50 is usually good.
and we are done.
Hope you enjoyed my tutorial, if you have requests or questions feel free to post em in the comments.
66 comments:
Wow.. looks neat, will have to try that sometime!
Very nice guide.
Ahahaha that's awesome dude, they really feel like models at end.
Gonna start up photoshop and try this!
Eh Man , that's awesome! Im trying it Right now!
AH btw I saw an older post where you posted some wallpaper, could you please post the 6th wallpaper city.jpg not tilt shifted?
Thanks for the tutorial. I love this effect!
Cool tutorial! I am pretty new at this stuff, so this is helpful. Thanks!
Woah dude, that looks complicated as hell. Your directions are quite helpful though. Keep up the good work
Haha, looks cool!
Reminds me of miniature trains I had as a kid!
I love it. Put up some more tuts. I've been a ps fan for.. crap 10 years?
Wanna get into PS some day, just to complicated. :3
Supporting..
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cool effect,i still have a lot to learn
Wow, this is really thorough. Will follow so i can learn more!
I love love love this effect. Thanks for posting a how to!
Holy crap that is really really cool
I've always wondered how to achieve that effect in PS.
Awesome tutorial! Thank you for posting!
Thanks for the tutorial. Going to try this later.
Great! I saw this iphone app for tilt-shifting, but I guess it's better on ps right? Thanks!
@JospehWhite
since its pretty simple to do it and can be automated to a big extend i think that a good iphone app can make nearly the same results then doing it yourself in photoshop, it depends on your skill level in ps in the end
Interesting technique. I always wondered how small scale models could be made to look real. I guess this is how that works?
Thanks for the tut. Keep up the good work.
Great, I'll start using this. Thanks.
wonderful tutorial, thanks a ton
nice post
+ followed:)
yeah very nice tutorial :D
yeah i'm learning how to use photoshop
nice tutorial, great tips
Sweet, didn't know this one. Thanks :)
Oooh cool, A blog with photoshop tutorials? Awesome, I hope I can follow along with GIMP or Paint.net!
Great tutorial!
It seems like theres never an end to what can be done with photoshop.
very cool! impressive
you broke this down pretty nicely, thanks
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Nice! Thanks for the step-by-step guide.
wow very very nice!
tried it and it worked! very cool! keep it up!
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Awesome guide. I'll have to try this out as soon as I get out from the studio and outdoors.
good stuff I love Photoshop! :)
you're tutorial is really easy but im just really bad at everything haha i messed it up somehow!?
Haha, that's intense. You're way better than me at Photoshop!
is it just me or does the end result look like those toy city things
THanks for this ! I'll actually try this on one of my videos using AfterEffects (should be quite the same process)
Nice, I've tilt shift has always fascinated me, I've always wondered why it works it's creepy as hell...
nice guide ,thanks for sharing
I'm already figuring out projects with this.
thats awesome
This effect looks really awesome. Great tutorial, thanks!
I saw this in the Metro in the UK a couple of months ago, it's a beautiful technique, but this tutorial means that I'm actually gonna try it now! =O
Thats pretty cool- very helpful tutorial.I might use it sometime :)
Now a tutorial for doing it the other way around? ;)
No really good tutorial.
That's pretty cool
Thats useful! thanks i always wanted to know how this works
what version of PS is this?
great tut thanks for sharing. might have to try this out on a wallpaper.
@2nd_lawl its CS5
Great tutorial, will definetly try this!
Very useful, thanks!
very nice tut
Good work !
Now i can do this :) thanks
Good tutorial, thx for this :)
+following
Awesome guide! thx
Nice guide! Bookmarked
Lens blur may give a more accurate effect.
Wow! gonna try dude !
very nice job ;)
Thanks for posting this, I really like the end result!
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