41 Amazing Tilt-shift miniature faking photographs (PICS)
digital-artist-toolbox.com — Believe it or not, all of these photos are of real life-size locations or objects. The technique of tilt-shift miniature faking makes the life-sized look like a miniature scale model. The process involves using Photoshop to fake a shallow depth of field and punching up the color saturation. The results are truly amazing.
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- markbri, on 07/20/2008, -3/+45Some are truly realistic but some have an exaggerated soft focus effect
- DelMonte, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3Isn't that part of the trick, to have exaggerated soft focus effects?
- ZeeZee2k, on 07/20/2008, -0/+10I made one myself, it's not as cool, but still pretty fun
http://mtztmac.deviantart.com/art/tilt-shift-47948 ...- adikt, on 07/21/2008, -1/+2Better than most from the original post.
- cdahlkvist, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1I agree with adikt. Yours is better than most on the post. I especially like that it is off center and tilted a bit.
- theodenking, on 07/20/2008, -2/+51. Take nice photo.
2. Blur top and bottom.
3. ???
4. PROFIT! - DodgeStRegis, on 07/20/2008, -1/+0Soft focus effect = depth of field limitations caused by a large aperature?
- hwy9nightkid, on 07/20/2008, -1/+22some of these were not too good, but a few could fool me.
- migshark, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1Really? I liken it to Postman Pat - quality next-gen graphics if I ever saw them.
- mynameistux, on 07/20/2008, -13/+2pics or it di...
oh - hilanderiam, on 07/20/2008, -4/+21No missiles?
- TwoBlowFish, on 07/20/2008, -7/+2Well in Hollywood (Universal Studios) they pretty much sue the same effect the other way 'round. The use small things to make them look big. It's really impressive, both.
- vroom101, on 07/20/2008, -1/+57Tilt Shift Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make Fake Miniature Scenes
http://www.visualphotoguide.com/tilt-shift-photosh ... (www.visualphotoguide.com/tilt-shift-photoshop-tutorial-how-to-make-fake-miniature-scenes/)- cl2yp71c, on 07/20/2008, -0/+7There's a photoshop tutorial for everything these days.
- raskali, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3Great link, thanks!
- wintermute0, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Thanks, was just about to start searching for a tutorial.
- Maryus, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4I tried on my own using that and got this:
http://bayimg.com/OaJbDAABp- adikt, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Very good..
- gravityPersists, on 07/20/2008, -0/+9I always wanted to be a lego!
- mrjit, on 07/20/2008, -3/+19Well that died quickly.
- bryceman111, on 07/20/2008, -16/+4Down, so here ya go: http://www.duggback.com/design/41_Amazing_Tilt_shi ... ;)
edit: It was down, now it seems to be up, oh well... - BuddyStein, on 07/20/2008, -5/+2Re-run
- newanon, on 07/20/2008, -13/+8..and its down faster than your mom
- monsieurpwn, on 07/20/2008, -6/+1digg effect?
- WTF69, on 07/20/2008, -3/+3This is the only one that looks real
http://www.digital-artist-toolbox.com/images/tilts ...- SweetChinMusic, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4It IS real!
- PabloIV, on 07/20/2008, -3/+9That looked EXACTLY like a 503 error. WOW!!!!
- jtbandes, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1It looks so tiny!
- lamoleverde, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1israel
- 10scott10, on 07/20/2008, -6/+1or lets put a something aweful thread on digg.
- Quicksilver4648, on 07/20/2008, -2/+5Alright, its down. Mirror?
- Ardentfrost, on 07/20/2008, -3/+18That is so weird! It really does make the pictures look like miniatures.
You know where you won't see this technique done? Porn. - jordansky, on 07/20/2008, -6/+3Site is down, was able to pull direct link: http://digital-artist-toolbox.com/?p=24#more-24, hitting refresh sometimes works.
- crodulfo, on 07/20/2008, -3/+2down!
- jarjarwang, on 07/20/2008, -1/+20The more hyphens in a web address, the faster it goes down.
- L4WL3RS34L, on 07/20/2008, -14/+1Here are some mirrors:
http://digital-artist-toolbox.com/images/tiltshift ...
http://www.digital-artist-toolbox.com/images/tilts ...
http://www.digital-artist-toolbox.com/images/tilts ...
http://www.digital-artist-toolbox.com/images/tilts ...
http://www.digital-artist-toolbox.com/images/tilts ...- ryangws, on 07/20/2008, -2/+4They aren't mirrors if they come from the original site
- doph, on 07/20/2008, -1/+0503 on all of them.
- CrushThemTorg, on 07/20/2008, -1/+2Posting the same site as a mirror. You win the internets.
- antdude, on 07/20/2008, -6/+6http://digital-artist-toolbox.com.nyud.net/?p=24
- kentomatic, on 07/20/2008, -13/+8wait, you guys realize these are real photos that are made to look like models, right?
- adikt, on 07/21/2008, -0/+2Are you a moron made to look like a real person?
- welliwonder, on 07/20/2008, -4/+8Digging just to crash their server. ;)
- digglet08, on 07/20/2008, -10/+3***** SITE SUCKS!
- Synapse84, on 07/20/2008, -4/+20Google Cache:
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F% ... - jbrand45, on 07/20/2008, -1/+5Hmm, what's to stop me from just taking photos of miniatures and saying I did this tilt-shift voodoo?
- xaeon, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3I'm convinced that a few of those were actually just photos of miniatures.
- jbrand45, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1That train and tunnel looked particularly miniature-esque.
- CreativeGuy, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1Congrats. What gave it away for you? Was it the fact that one of the photos actually showed a brick wall in the background where the sky should be?
- xaeon, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3I'm convinced that a few of those were actually just photos of miniatures.
- PlasmaFlux, on 07/20/2008, -0/+8Tilt Shift images on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/tilt-shift-fakes/pool ...- artwithbyte, on 07/20/2008, -1/+1Beat me to the link by that much.
- OctoLincoln, on 07/20/2008, -0/+6kentomatic is right. These are stills from Olivo Barbieri's amazing helicopter footage with a fancy lens that flattens the foreground and focuses across a huge depth -- fooling the eye into to thinking distances are smaller.
Heres video of his Las Vegas piece:
http://www.sundancechannel.com/videos/230312601- thesha1, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1damn thats cool.
- Drone007, on 07/20/2008, -0/+5I think part of this must lie on the photo you choose to do the effect on.
Choose the right one and you get a very impressive effect.- emmy12, on 07/25/2008, -0/+0The angle that the picture was shot from and the lighting have a huge impact on how well you can produce the "fake miniature" the effect.
- Imnick, on 07/20/2008, -0/+5Wow some of those are absolutely stunning... the red car picture blew my mind.
- Corbel, on 07/20/2008, -3/+0VIctem of the digg bomb
- tghd, on 07/20/2008, -0/+8If anybody cares this has nothing to do with shifting. Tilt creates the miniature effect while shift is mainly used to create distortion free panoramics. I and many photographers use shift lenses for architectural work, both interiors and exteriors. The reason people use the term tilt-shift is because the lenses used to create such affects usually tilt and shift. I would be willing to bet that the majority of those lenses aren't purchased for their tilt effect but more for their shifting capabilities. Ive seen very few professional pictures employ tilt, while I see hundreds of published photographs use shift.
- bieber, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2This is correct. Tilt is generally used more with view cameras, where you can tilt the lens and film planes separately to achieve effectively unlimited depth-of-field along a slanted surface (the Schumpflug effect, I think they call it)
- ericdano, on 07/20/2008, -12/+11Buried, Mr.Babyman
- t3rmv3locity, on 07/20/2008, -5/+2STFU...Service Temporarily ***** Unavailable
- ArkRaider1936, on 07/20/2008, -6/+1They know how to use the blur tool. Good for them.
- wraithscelus, on 07/20/2008, -0/+6They remind me of Mr. Rogers' neighborhood.
- rayzha, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1The one of the car completely threw me off.
Could have been better if the original image was posted too - endus, on 07/20/2008, -0/+10Shameless self promotion...one of mine...
http://www.desolatemetropolis.com/dm/archives/2008 ...- datagod, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Those are awesome pics...thanks for sharing!
- FoxOrian, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1That's actually pretty tastefully done, you kept the blur to a more believable level, though the background blur seems to occur a little too sharply at the end of that street. Nice, though.
A little shameless self-promotion of my own:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fox-orian/2589097697/ ... - endus, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1Yea I worked on that for a while. Meant to shoot more while I was in detroit but oh well.
I like yours as well, though what the hell is that text in the image? LOL. Either way, interesting tone to that one.
- CAisBacK, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1God damn it Digg you broke this too?
- BTallack, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1This make me want to go buy a Lensbaby lens.
http://www.lensbabies.com/- adikt, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1read as: lesbians
- boshuda, on 07/20/2008, -1/+4THIS IS COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT AND WERE ALL GOING TO HELL!!!
- hammerikaner, on 07/20/2008, -0/+2Here's a flickr group called Tilt-shift Miniature Fakes for you all:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/59319377@N00/ - LavaWarrior, on 07/20/2008, -4/+2Am i the only one that read tit shifting miniature ***** photographs?
- wonkavsn, on 07/20/2008, -0/+4'fraid so, pervo!
- lionbeat, on 07/22/2008, -0/+0i think you are, what news you digg before?
- V-Mob, on 07/20/2008, -5/+3I made one for the first time and here's how it looked:
http://www.familyvacationco.com/Africa/africafamil ... - bj00rn, on 07/20/2008, -2/+4Buried for the use of the word "Amazing".
- aaronadms, on 07/20/2008, -1/+2Buried for the use of ""Amazing"".
- CrushThemTorg, on 07/20/2008, -1/+1If you posted that on Flickr, you'd probably be getting an internet handjob right now.
- Zounas, on 07/20/2008, -1/+4Amateurish at the best. Does any of them know that you should blur according to the object's/surface's distance to the camera and not by image dimensions? Looks ugly when only half of a tree is blurred.
- worldnick, on 07/20/2008, -1/+1Now if they could only do it the other way around... I can always tell miniatures in movies. Even miniature water looks obvious. If you ZOOM IN ON WATER YOU CAN TELL YOU ARE ZOOMED IN!!
- cbeach, on 07/20/2008, -0/+3Blurring the top and bottom of a photo does not come close to a real DOF effect. A lot of these images look really clumsy. Why not just take photos of miniatures with a lens of decent aperture hence giving you authentic DOF effects?
People's first dabblings with Photoshop "techniques" are one of digg's annoying trends.
Thanks for this one, Mr Babyman (and your army of digg bots)...- ScannerMobs, on 08/05/2008, -0/+0Exactly.. it seems hardly anyone who uses this technique actually understands DOF and the way it works. Which is sad really as photographers probably should know, and it's not exactly a difficult concept. There are however a couple of really excellent examples in there, just a shame that every mofo with a copy of CS3 will be giving it a shot, cheapening the results of those who are actually studying this interesting technique.
Just another chance for people to shout 'photoshop!' when they see any photo that is in anyway different or good, and discounting it as some sort of automatic cheat system to yield good photos.
Assbuttons.
- ScannerMobs, on 08/05/2008, -0/+0Exactly.. it seems hardly anyone who uses this technique actually understands DOF and the way it works. Which is sad really as photographers probably should know, and it's not exactly a difficult concept. There are however a couple of really excellent examples in there, just a shame that every mofo with a copy of CS3 will be giving it a shot, cheapening the results of those who are actually studying this interesting technique.
- firebert69, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1well some I think were real but others were very fake. Some were very obviously lego pieces. and I wouldnt actual call something photoshopped a "real" photo
- senkmajer, on 07/21/2008, -0/+1None of them looked real. Some were pretty, but none of them looked real.
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