Tilt Shift Video and Photography

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 | Technology, Tutorials

Tilt Shift photography is a technique in which an image or video appears tiny due to a change in the depth of field.  This effect can be achieved via a special “shifting” lens or via post-production editing.  The shifting lens has a larger then normal field of view.  By angling the lens you can distort the focus on a specific area which causes everything around the area in focus to appear blurry causing a special appearance of depth of field.

Example of Tilt Shift Photography

By linking a bunch of Tilt Shift images together, you can create a Tilt Shift video like the one above created by Keith Loutit.

There are tons of Tilt Shift photoshop tutorials explaining how to achieve this effect post-production.  Here are a few good tutorials:

I think I’ll try my hand at this when I find myself with some free time.  Probably sometime next year…

Update:  All State has created a new commercial using this technique

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