Photoshop

How to replicate a tilt-and-shift lens in Photoshop

1.Open this image in Photoshop.
2.Now we must duplicate the ‘Background’ layer and change the name to ‘Blur Layer’ (for easier referencing) Apply a Gaussian blur to the ‘blur layer’ with a radius of about 40.
3.Now right click on the ‘Blur Layer’ and select add layer mask then click add in the dialog box that should come up. Choose the gradient tool and make a black to white gradient going upwards around the middle of the photo. The positioning of the gradient will vary depending on which photo you are using but in the end you just want to position it so that everything above the main subject is blurred.
4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 but this time instead of making the gradient above the subject, put it beneath the subject going from black above to white below. The only thing remaining not blurred should be the subject of the photo.
5.Now all that remains is to increase the saturation until the photo looks like a painted model. To do this you may first have to flatten the image or select ‘copy visible’ in the edit menu and paste as a new layer so you only need to work with one layer.Now you should have your final miniaturised model!