Create a Miniature Tilt-Shift Effect in Photoshop

Today we show you how to make almost anything look miniature with a tilt-shift effect in Photoshop! Learn how tilt-shift lenses work, how to find a perfect picture for the effect, and how to apply it using Smart Objects and the Blur Gallery.
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Timestamps:
0:32 The Origin of Tilt-Shift
2:10 Tips for the Most Realistic Effect
3:05 Create the Tilt-Shift Effect in Photoshop
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[@sonofjoe]

Add a colour saturation to the image to it give a more toy-town plastic model look

[@ethanreed2672]

Oh, that's a really nice idea!

[@reshaw9182]

Good tip!

[@ck1425]

Actual time to tell us the technique: 23.25 seconds. Actual time to utilize YT's algorithym just over 10 minutes. The lesson IS great!!!

[@scott7521]

Love your channel but would have been helpful for you to demonstrate the actual tilt-shift function to show how it can be applied at an angle.

[@rockme395]

Your videos are absolutley the best. since I started watching them, I have mastered photoshop. You make it fun to learn!

[@ethanreed2672]

You could also add a 3d effect using the color channels to give it a more retro look!

[@mounir101]

I thought the thumbnail was for Jamaa Elfna square, Marrakech, Morocco. Thanks for the video, and Fhlearn is great.

[@Murtuza786]

Ohh wow this time the sample image is my home city and also the area which I live in

[@Pierretlambert]

Amazing! Now we need the same for videos :D

[@marclabro]

nice tuto. I would be interested with the case you described with buildings on sides. few years ago there was a nice plugin ON1 photoframe which allowed to incline focal plane to simulate lens and which allowed to put pins at different locations to add blur on sides too and play on blur according to distance. This plugin doesn't exist anymore.

[@christopherspringmann]

Great, you left the gag reel blooper in. Excellent video.

[@adomehmichael6370]

Thank you....

[@israboyyy]

it looks sick on video too

[@waqarkhan3654]

Nice video thank u.

[@emrahy.849]

great one again

[@amundson1942]

I have the same problem that Seb Travel has. How to turn on the line for the effect my are disable? Thanks Aaron!

[@robbindebruijn8442]

Great video! really helped me out

[@stefanchristopher6303]

Ah Phlearn, mastering the art of making a 60 second tutorial last over 10 minutes.

[@timlee5654]

lovely

[@jayrodathome]

I subbed bc of your awesome intro

[@teethnclaws]

"Everybody likes to PHLEARN!!" haha. I do

[@Scheungraber]

Please pardon me but english ist not my first language. Anyway, i’ll try: My first view on a tilt-shift picture to judge if it’s done in the post, I am looking for vertical objects which covers a big part of the image height, i.e. trees, buildings, lantern, … . I expect that they are in the same focal plane. If they have a different blur - depending on their position in the photo - it’s fake. To avoid this, mask out the blur effect in upper and lower parts of the image. It seems much more realistic if subjects on the same focal plane get’s the same blur amount. Bst regards from Germany Christoph

[@AshKetchumnakamoto]

Hi Aaron How to turn on the line for the effect my are disable?

[@amundson1942]

Seb, I did have the same problem. I just fixed it. I got the answer off the Adobe forum. Go to > View > Show > Click on Edit Pins. It fixed the same problem for me and I'm sure it will fix yours too.

[@p6761]

you're a awesome designer!!! but like singer???? lol

[@Reesfun]

My Tilt-shift has a thumbtax - no lines or angle

[@smokingbeetles5793]

I want games that look like this and level of graphics

[@Smirnoff67]

10mn21 to do a smart object of tilt-shift effect of Photoshop ? Low hanging fruit right here..

[@shonuff4323]

You kind look like what Chris Cornell would have looked like if he skipped music and just became a designer.

[@lanreoladapo9276]

🇳🇬 🇳🇬

[@Teddy-rh8vl]

wait no outtakes ? WHAT !!!!

[@jrajsolanki0576]

Yo india

[@MrPoontanger]

No one ever finishes a tutorial off? when that is done do you merge layers then export?

[@phlearn]

Hi Mark! No need to merge layers. PSD and TIFF files preserve layers while exporting as a JPG or PNG will save an image as if all layers were merged. If you plan to make further edits, save as a PSD or TIFF. If you just want the image, save as a JPG or PNG.

[@MrPoontanger]

@@phlearn Sorry i forgot to say thank you, works a treat, great tutorial :)

[@chilecayenne]

@@MrPoontanger Yep, IMHO it is always best to try to work as non-destructively as possible. I almost NEVER flatten or merge layers on any of my PS or Affinity Photo projects. You just never know when you or a customer may want to come back later and change things. And these days, hard drive space is cheap, so no really reason to flatten or merge just to try to save disk space, you know?

[@El-Tel63-Terry.]

Buy a tilt shift lens ... my advice, less tan a minute !

[@SayfSentinel]

No one have found the error on the thumbnail ? T_T

[@trueleralae3149]

you dont know much about photoshop

[@amundson1942]

I have the same problem that Seb Travel has. How to turn on the line for the effect my are disable? Thanks Aaron!