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keyboard to get the Brush tool. The
most challenging part of making
fake tilt/shifts is figuring out how
much to blur and where. Since
you’ll be painting on your picture
to indicate which area you want to
keep in focus, pick your brush size
accordingly. In this case, a brush
550 pixels wide did the trick. Then
set your brush’s hardness to 0.
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Before you draw in
the selection you’ll
use for your blur, hit Q on
your keyboard to enter Quick Mask
mode. Then set your foreground
color to black, hold down the Shift
key, and paint a straight line over
the area you want to remain in
focus. Tip: The effect often looks
more realistic when it doesn’t go all
the way to the edges. When you like
your line, type Q again to exit Quick
Mask mode and see your selection.
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Now it’s time to
blur the image. Go to
Filter > Blur > Lens Blur.
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Once you’re in the
filter dialogue, make
sure that Source: None is
selected under Depth Map. Mess
around with the rest of the sliders as
you see fit, but the key tool here is
Radius. It determines just how much
blur to add. Move it to the right until
your scene looks like a miniature
world. Then click OK to see your
finished image, complete with the
effect of your Adjustment Layers.
32 POP PHOTO FEBRUARY 2009