How to Fake a Tilt-Shift Miniature Photograph in GIMP

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 22, 2010

[ Thanks to Michael for this link.
]

“Tilt-Shift Photography is a great technique to
experiment with and if you don’t want to spend your money on a new
lens than it is possible to replicate the effect, and in this
tutorial I’ll show you how to achieve this effect!

“1. Choosing the Photo!

* The first and hardest step is selecting the right photograph
to use with this technique, the optimum photo is one that was shot
high up above the subject and a substantial distance away,
otherwise the effect of it being miniature cannot be emphasised
well.
* I’ve chosen this one from Amboise, France – photographed high up
above the streets:”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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