How to do tilt shift in photoshop

The Tilt-Shift Blur is the third of the five blur filters in the Blur Gallery available in Photoshop CC and later, but it was first introduced as one of three filters in Photoshop CS6.

Tilt-shift photography is a way of giving subjects of a photo a miniature look. That's achieved by selectively focusing and defocusing parts of the image through manual tilting and shifting the camera lens, creating a shallow depth of field that's similar to macro photography.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use the Tilt-Shift filter to achieve the miniature effect and add a bokeh effect.

Tutorial Assets
Toward Brooklyn by Peter Alfred Hess

Choosing the Right Photo
This effect works best with photos taken from above, looking downward with an angle on the subject that will be in focus.

The photo should also be in focus and simple but interesting.

The first step in applying the tilt-shift effect is to duplicate the base image layer.

The image below was chosen to showcase the effect and the bokeh. You may use any other image you like.

Working With Pins and Modifying the Blur and Transition Areas
STEP ONE: Open the

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