Introduction: Make a Mini Village or Town in Photoshop.
this instructible will show you how to give a photo of a town a handmade look.
Step 1: First Things First!
of a town, city, football stadium, or anything you want to miniturise
i used this picture i found on the net!
i love the net.
Step 2: Quick Mask!
enter quick mask mode by clicking on this symbol!
(the black rectangle with the white circle)
Step 3: Gradient
set up your gradient like this
Step 4: Apply a Gradient
aply a gradient over the part of the photo you want the focus point to be.
for me this was the central tower
Step 5: Quick Mask
exit quickmask mode and you should be left with a selection something like this..
Step 6: Blur
apply a lens blur filter and use the default settings
you should get something like the second picture
if it dosent you may want to redo your gradient.
Step 7: Hue/ Saturation
fiddle with the hue and saturation to make it look a little more handpainted
Step 8: And Your Done!
isnt it suprising how little it looks!
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18 Comments
12 years ago on Introduction
Nice Instructable! ;D
And nice effect too! I tried to "minimize" two different shots of the city where I live, but I think the first one is the best:
13 years ago on Introduction
Heres Mine:
14 years ago on Introduction
In Step 1 you say:
"of a town, city, football stadium, or anything you want to miniturise
i used this picture i found on the net!
i love the net.'
Are you going to give credit to the person(s) who took this photograph? Or are you going to do what you did in your other Instructable, and use someone elses photo without giving credit and/or asking their permission?
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
Dude, Give him/her a break
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
Yeah leave him alone
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
maybe i did ask theyre permission.... dont be so quick to criticise
14 years ago on Introduction
Amazing! what version of photoshop do you have? I have CS3 ver 10.0
14 years ago on Introduction
Great instruct. It really gives a great jumping off point for making some awesome effects. I never would've thought of this, myself.
14 years ago on Introduction
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Constructive criticism, not derisive attacks.
14 years ago on Introduction
If you notice the top of the tower is blurred even though it has a depth very close to that of the clock face. It should be clear. If you want it to look real you have to pay attention to actual depth of field.
14 years ago on Introduction
I find it disheartening to know that there are people out there, such as yourself, who would prefer to name call rather than agree that the original owner of the photograph deserves credit for his work (merely as an act of kindness would be enough). Apparently you would prefer to assume all work is within the public domain, unless proven otherwise? Without taking into account conventions such as the Berne Convention, which states that copyright of original work is automatic at the point of it's creation. Perhaps one day you will understand how irritating it is to find someone using your creations without permission, or even credit. But I doubt it. So carry on endorsing plagiarism.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Pocket is right you know, something like this doesnt REALLY need credit, its better if you do though. But if you do something like this with something bigger, itll be worse. Just a warning, because this is small but it might grow up.
14 years ago on Introduction
cool effect
14 years ago on Introduction
cool, i saw this on photojojo a while ago.
14 years ago on Introduction
Also, this is faking a technique called "tilt shift."
For a few (thousand) more examples. Check out this Flickr pool:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/tilt-shift-fakes/pool/
14 years ago on Introduction
If you want to be a little more elaborate, you can try select by hand the parts of the image are at roughly the same distance from the camera - that's essentially what this trick is based on: the fact that a "macro" image tends to have a very limited depth of focus. For example, the cars on the road to the left of the tower would be much farther away from the camera than the tower itself. So for the road, the focal plane - the part that should be sharpest - should be much closer towards the bottom of the image. But for a quick hack, just picking a horizontal rectangle already gives great results!
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Exactly. For many shots, the horizontal band works well enough, but a little extra work with the masking will give a more believable effect.
14 years ago on Introduction
Wow, that is a cool effect. +