Fun with fake tilt-shift-like car pictures

[Samson]

This PS effect is especially fun for those of us who like toys... and it looks more, oh, realistic on some than others. Anyway, lets see some better stuff from you guys.

[capsaicin]

Cool. Are these your pics?

[Chutzler]

What's involved in doing this sort of thing? I've always had a hard-on for the mind games these sorts of pictures put me through.

[vxiamtheruinerxv]

This is pretty neat-o

[20VT*J4]

cool pics

[TurboWraith]

Quote, originally posted by Chutzler »

What's involved in doing this sort of thing? I've always had a hard-on for the mind games these sorts of pictures put me through.

Its really only two key points. One is the angle of the photo. It should be from a position/at an angle that you would normally not see in real life. The lineup of Miatas is a great one. There might be a hill that the photographer is standing on, but we dont know. So it adds to the look of 'looking down on a set of miniatures'. Second is setting the focal depth very narrow. The effect can be exaggerated in PS, the nascar race and the one of the subie are a little overdone imo, but the other two are great.

[Samson]

Quote, originally posted by capsaicin »

Cool. Are these your pics?

That they are... not my 20" rimz 4runner though.

Chutzler - pretty easy to do:
You need to select an area that you'd like to emphasize (focus) with a pretty huge feather. There are several ways to do this (masks/gradient tool, polygonal lasso, etc.). Once that's done, you can simply use the lens blur tool or gaussian blur tool and adjust to your preference. Or, before using the filter, you can copy your feathered selection on to a separate layer so you can fine-tune your focus. When that's all done, play with the curves and/or levels to make the lighting more appropriate to a model.

[absoluteczech]

Quote, originally posted by Chutzler »

What's involved in doing this sort of thing? I've always had a hard-on for the mind games these sorts of pictures put me through.

google it, theres tons of tutorials explaining how to do that in photoshop using the masking tool and lense blur..

[Arsigi]

I don't get it.

Or maybe I do get it.... the point is to make real-life cars look like Matchbox cars, or something like that?

[ironside_a]

Here's a good how-to: http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Miniaturize_a_Scene

[capsaicin]

Quote, originally posted by Arsigi »

I don't get it. Or maybe I do get it.... the point is to make real-life cars look like Matchbox cars, or something like that?

Sounds like you get it
Even though this is The Car Lounge, you can use this effect to make anything look like a miniature scene.

[PelicanGolf2]

Quote, originally posted by Arsigi »

I don't get it.

Me Too!! These pics look too blurry,

Edit, I get it, yay me!!


Modified by PelicanGolf2 at 2:00 PM 12-15-2008

[Arsigi]

Quote, originally posted by capsaicin »

Sounds like you get it

Yay, I get it!

[GTurboI]

Quote, originally posted by Samson »

This PS effect is especially fun for those of us who like toys... and it looks more, oh, realistic on some than others. Anyway, lets see some better stuff from you guys.

I like this one...it reminds me of a NASCAR commercial where they use models to simulate the real race

[ptem]

Here's one of mine:

[Samson]

Quote, originally posted by ptem »

Here's one of mine:

Nice. Anybody have more? I do...

[nm+]

Oh wait, you meant the other way

[randyvr6]

Is there a way to do it old school with film and camera settings or filters instead of using digital effects?


Modified by randyvr6 at 10:13 PM 12-15-2008

[Samson]

Yep:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...raphy

[Gary C]

You can also get the shown heavily overdone photoshopped tilt shift effect with a lensbaby. Personally.. I'm not a fan of this sort of thing, but whatever floats your boat.

http://lensbaby.com/

That said, I will say I *am* a fan of proper tilt shift lenses and photography done using such. Used correctly it is a heck of an effect for shooting architecture & landscape, among hundreds of other uses.



Modified by Gary C at 9:21 PM 12-15-2008

[Dylstein]

Is there a way to do it without as much blur. I think the pics would look a whole lot better that way, still saweeet though.

[MrMook]

More Tilt-shift fun for ya. These are all made from stills:

http://vimeo.com/2317118

[Samson]

Quote, originally posted by Gary C »

You can also get the shown heavily overdone photoshopped tilt shift effect with a lensbaby. Personally.. I'm not a fan of this sort of thing, but whatever floats your boat. That said, I will say I *am* a fan of proper tilt shift lenses and photography done using such. Used correctly it is a heck of an effect for shooting architecture & landscape, among hundreds of other uses.

This is true. Actual tilt-shift photography (and not lensbaby) is, well, better, but for free (and while needing a break at work), the fake PS way has some benefit.

Some real (non-automotive) examples:
http://photo.net/equipment/canon/tilt-shift

[KjTAssaSIN817]

Quote, originally posted by MrMook »

More Tilt-shift fun for ya. These are all made from stills:

saw this earlier today - cool video

[Tripicana]

here is an actual picture i took today. instead of the small vehicle, it looks like small big horn sheep next to my bike and train tracks.

[A.Wilder]

Quote, originally posted by Tripicana »

here is an actual picture i took today. instead of the small vehicle, it looks like small big horn sheep next to my bike and train tracks.

what?! lay off the peyote man

[jnm2.0t]

there was a whole tilt shift thread on here last week or so. ill see if i can find it.

edit here http://forums.vwvortex.com/zer...age=1

http://tiltshiftmaker.com/

its pretty easy. seems to work better on distance shots.


Modified by jnm2.0t at 5:55 PM 1-16-2009

[OOOO-A3]

Quote, originally posted by Arsigi »

the point is to make real-life cars look like Matchbox cars, or something like that?

Yes, but the good "Made In England" ones by Lesney, not the crappy Chinese-made ones after they sold out.
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