Miniature Conversion Technique





Pretty neat method play with... (Best viewed in larger resolution *click*)

 

Go on then, tell us how. . . .

 

man they look like miniatures to begin with lol

 

I've done this before in photoshop, its not effective on all photos, but done with the right images the results can be really interesting. I'll try to post some when I get home from work this evening.

 

The trick to making it look convincing is to not just use a gradient on the mask like in the tutorial.. You sort of have to mask depending on distance from the camera. I've seen some really good looking ones before.

 

The link is at the top of the post. But it's really easy, basically, enter Quick Mask mode and apply a repeating gradient to make a selection for the OOF area. Exit Quick Mask to create the selection and apply the Lens Blur filter to it. Finally, Curve Adjustment Layer to blow out the colors and intentionally lose some detail. This is what makes them look more like toys.