How to take photos, which all look like toys

To make the illusion of the toy world when shooting real objects, technically simple, using special tilt-shift lens. But this method is more suitable for film cameras. Digital images processed using online services, special programs and photoshop.

Shooting method

Planning to turn the doll in the thumbnail, you should choose the shooting point on the hill. Objects must be removed from the top and with a slight slope. Under these conditions the processed photos effect toy world will manifest as possible.

Online service

Some sites online provide the ability to process the image, downloading the image from your computer or putting the address in the network. Service TiltShiftmaker extremely easy to work with. Uploading a suitable photo, select the area you want to leave in focus, the rest of the steps the program will automatically. Changing the settings, you can enhance the brightness and contrast of the main element. The result is loaded to the website and the link you can download full-resolution edited image.

More features and effects

With the upcoming processing large amounts of photos or create a series of easier to work with a full programme. Program Tilt Shift Generator has the most features compared to fast, but rather primitive online services. Selective focus and blur strength configurable by a program to the desired intensity, which is impossible to achieve even the most expensive professional equipment.

Additional settings for the shape of the bokeh (aperture) can be adjusted so that the area to be blurred is glare will be hearts or stars. After processing the photo it is easy to save in the right format and size without loss of quality.

The effect tilt-shift in photoshop

To create a decorative toy in the most popular photo editor Photoshop is a snap. Select and download a suitable image. Pictures of the landscape of low houses, cars and trains become very interesting after processing the tilt-shift.

Create a quick layer mask by pressing the Q key or by clicking on the Quick Mask. Select the gradient tool and set the style to black-and-white mirror gradient. Hold down the Shift key and moving the selected tool, fill gradient, the fragment of a photo, which should remain in focus.

Going to standard mode by pressing the Q button, you will see the selected area to be devolutionary. To do this, in the filter menu, select blur with shallow depth of field. If seen the result suits you, try experimenting with other styles blur.

To strengthen the puppet effect, try to increase the contrast and saturation of the base item. In the menu "correction", select brightness / contrast and move the sliders to achieve the desired result.

Don't be afraid of senatorelect flowers, toy world is inherent in bright colors. Than iskusstvenny will look like the objects, the more they will look like miniature models.