The photo is flat so unless the effect is applied with understanding of real life depth of field it is bound to look artificial. High fixed aperture does the trick but makes depth of field manipulations impossible.ĭigital tilt-shift or depth of field effect is only a poor emulation. They want as big depth of field as possible to help people to make sharp photos in any circumstances. In mobile phone cameras – and in any other poor quality cameras as well – the ability to create narrow depth of field effect is deliberately limited by the manufacturers. Used skilfully this effect can help the viewer to focus on the object the photographer intends to emphasise. Objects closer and further away become blurred, there is only a certain sharp sweetspot. With low aperture (wide open) the sharp or focussed area of the image is short. To some extent tilt-shift effect can emulate short depth of field achieved on a real camera by using low aperture. This effect is nowadays ubiquitous as it allows to put some life into otherwise not very interesting photos. The name tilt-shift comes from an old technique of tilting the camera lens to create very narrow depth of field. Instagram users – for some unknown reason – fail to notice that all their photos look preety much the same. With a couple of clicks their plain and uninteresting iPhone photos started to look like vintage masterpieces from the times when you actually had to know a thing or two to call yourself a photographer (today you just grow a beard and buy an iPhone).Ī whole social network/blogging platform (Instagram) grew on top of the ability to create artistic looking photos without any knowledge or skill. The tilt-shift effect sent a whole generation of aspiring photo artists (read: hipsters) into a frenzy.
I’m not a huge fan of Adobe AIR applications, but in this case, it’s really all that is necessary.If you have not heard about tilt-shift effect yet it means you have been living under a rock.
TILTSHIFT GENERATOR FREE FREE
TiltShift Generator works admirably for a free application. High resolution print images slow the app down quite a bit, though I found it to still work at acceptable speeds. The results are fairly decent for most needs, especially images destined for the Web (as seen in the image above). The rest is just playing around to get the effect you want. Simply drag your image into the preview area and click where you want the focus area to be in the image. You have control over radial or linear plane blurring, strength of blur, color saturation and contrast, and vignetting.
TILTSHIFT GENERATOR FREE SKIN
While the control you get with this Air app pales in comparison to Alien Skin Bokeh, the tools you get are more than adequate for simple tilt-shift simulation. Both versions are identical, but the downloadable version is obviously going to be better because there’s no image uploading and downloading involved. TiltShift Generator from Art&Mobile is available online, or as a downloadable Adobe AIR application. A friend of mine recently informed me about a new tool to simulate tilt-shift on your images, and it’s absolutely free. But if your need for simulated tilt-shift photography is limited, the $199 price tag might be too much. The filter offers the maximum amount of flexibility and features available to simulate tilt-shift photography with your existing images, as well as much more in the way of adding the bokeh effect to your photos. A short while back, I reviewed Bokeh from Alien Skin Software, an excellent Photoshop filter perfect for simulating tilt-shift photography.
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