It’s a Small World
Make landscapes and cityscapes look like miniature-scale models
with this selective-blur technique.
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Related Tags: blurring, gradient tool, v9n4
Arthur
September 4, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Hey Matt!
Great article however i get lost between steps 5 and 6. When I follow step 6 nothing happens. If I go off script and select the image rather than the mask I get a white gradiant. Nothing sharpens. What the heck am I doing wrong???? THANKS! Arthur
Lee
November 21, 2012 at 6:00 am
Arthur -
Don’t give up; keep trying. Matt’s instructions worked for me, so I know he’s correct.
Two quick suggestions:
1) When you’re using the gradient tool to “de-blur” a portion of the photo, try holding down the SHIFT key as you drag the cursor. This will keep your drag-line perfectly vertical, which is what I (we?) want.
2) Before you go adjusting the color (Step 8), save your work. Then open a duplicate copy of your saved photo to play with the color. In my experience, “real” models are usually less colorful than the objects they represent. So, if your photo is slightly less saturated, because of the Gaussian blur, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Play with color in the duplicate photo; compare it to the saved photo. Then you decide which one you like better.
Best regards.