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Tilt-shift lens effect done in post, with Photoshop CS3 Extended and Final Cut Express. The effect creates a cool miniature scaled down model look. Download the original Quicktime file in 1280x720 if you'd like to see even greater detail!

Filmed on a Canon HF10, edited in FCE and exported using Vimeo's recommended settings for HD.

**Update** (Nov. 17th / 08) - Eh guys, i know a lot of you have been asking for a tutorial... life's been pretty busy lately, but i hope to have something up next week ie, Nov. 24-30th. Cheers!

***Update 2*** (Dec. 8th / 08) - Sorry for the wait guys, I'm waiting for Vimeo Plus to become available to international users. When it does, I'll get a tutorial up. Cheers.

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  • Ron Coker plus 1 year ago
    The Download looks very interesting, I will have a try out. Thanks for this info.
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  • Christopher Prouse plus 1 year ago
    no prob Ron, look forward to seeing what you create!
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  • Aaron Philips 1 year ago
    This is awesome. It's amazing how just a bit of blurring on the edges can create an entire perceived scale change.
  • Christopher Prouse plus 1 year ago
    thanks Aaron!
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  • Marcus T 1 year ago
    Very cool effect, I've been meaning to try this with my still photography for a while, and now that I have a Canon HF11 I'll definitely give it a go! Don't think this is as powerful an example as the beach scene though, perhaps do another with a better choice of subject?
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  • Christopher Prouse plus 1 year ago
    thanks Marcus. i agree... i'm going to capture some different looking overhead footage to test out the technique a little more
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  • Lost Nono 1 year ago
    Very nice work, you got me willing to do similar videos... Can you be more precise in the steps you did in Photoshop CS3 Extended and FCE to get such a blurry effects ?
  • Christopher Prouse plus 1 year ago
    Thanks!... I'll try to post a detailed description of how i did it shortly
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  • metzAnima 1 year ago
    this is so crazy, agree with Aaron Philips , regarding hardware vs software, amazing !! thank you.
    Is this simlpy a video imported in Photoshop,then blur applied, what about the camera movement?? thanx!
  • Ian Nicholson 8 months ago
    Since it is supposed to be emulating a tilt-shift lens, the effect will move with the picture framing (it's supposed to!), so no need to worry about camera movement.
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  • Matt Jones 1 year ago
    Very surprised that you are able to get such a great tilt effect with post processing. Congratulations-would love to know the process-thanks for sharing.
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  • Alexei Kireev 1 year ago
    While nice on more uniform surfaces (like the sea, for ex.), its not the same thing as a real tilt-shift lens.

    Imagine a tower going all the way up to the top edge of the image.
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  • Mario Niebles 1 year ago
    I wonder how you could do the contrary: making a miniature looking like a big real-life aparatum? Can you make a tutorial about it??
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  • Lost Nono 1 year ago
    I can't wait to see your technic explained !
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  • Christopher Prouse plus 1 year ago
    Eh guys, i know a lot of you have been asking for a tutorial... life's been pretty busy lately, but i hope to have something up next week ie, Nov. 24-30th. Cheers!
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  • Harley plus 1 year ago
    how do you make that effect?!
    Thats sick!!!
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  • Kasi Viswanath 11 months ago
    Do you have a tutorial ready. If so, link please. I am eager to find out what an Indian Wedding looks like with tilt-shift technique!
  • Christopher Prouse plus 11 months ago
    Hi Kasi, just to give you an update... I'm waiting for Vimeo Plus to become to available to international users before I upload a tutorial. sorry for the wait...

    Just to give you a heads up if you're going to be filming soon, for this technique to work, you'll need to keep the camcorder still, eg. on a tripod, and it's best to film above and back from your subjects. You'll also need to film in true 16:9 if it's on a HD camcorder, ie. the technique works using 1080i on my HF10, but not 720i because the camcorder does some stretching.

    Cheers.
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  • malachi petunia 8 months ago
    I too was fascinated by the effect. Although these don't describe how to accomplish it in post work, they do explain what's happening:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_miniature_faking
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  • Lost Nono 7 months ago
    Hello Christopher,
    I'm regularly checking out your page, and still no tutorial... Instead of waiting for Vimeo to be opened to international users (?), why don't you go ahead now ? Pleasepleaseplease.
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  • Victor Cadoret 6 months ago
    Hi, like your video, however you are here just simulating a 'tilt' lens effect, like you can achieve with cheaper lenses like the Lensbaby Composer. Actual 'tilt-shift' requires another transformation of the image by displacing the lens parallel to the sensor, thus greatly reducing the depth of field.
  • Christopher Prouse plus 6 months ago
    yep, i know. lol, that's why i called it "...in post" which means after... as in, with software like photoshop
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  • Lost Nono 6 months ago
    Hi Christopher, I really like your style, and would like to experiment it as well. I've a canon HF10 + iMac + PhotoShop, i just miss the program which would take a still jpg every X seconds of my HD video...With just this info, it would allow me to get started !!! Thanks mate !
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  • Lost Nono 6 months ago
    I think I got my answer:
    mrjerz.org/insiders-look/how-to-the-tilt-shift-technique-in-video
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  • james 3 months ago
    Did you get chance to post the tutorial somewhere?
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