david.atwell Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download it How To Shrink A City in Five Easy Steps! So you want a model of your city. You could go to the hobby store, buy some foam core, carve out the city, add some paint, some decorative touches like trees and people, and six months later you might be halfway started. Or you could just take a picture and let Paint.NET do the rest! This is a technique known as Tilt-shift photography (Wiki this), and what it essentially does is fake a smaller depth of field (Wiki this). The tutorial you're about to read is adapted from this photoshop tutorial. It will teach you a little about the Alpha Mask, about Gradients, and maybe even a little about photography! You'll be turning So, here we go! You Will Need: -1 Photograph, preferably taken from above. It improves the illusion if it's taken from far above the ground. It also doesn't have to be a city: it can be a mountain, a train station, a highway overpass...pretty much anything large that you would like to make smaller. -Ilnab1024's Alpha Mask Import Plugin. Step-by-Step: Step 1: Open your image. First, duplicate the layer ( :DuplicateLayer: ). Name the new layer "Blur" if you're into that sort of thing. Step 2: Run "True Blur." (If you can't find it, click here.) Run it with a radius between about 7-8 (you can fiddle with it a little bit, but 7-8 should be about right). You'll end up with this: (click to enlarge) Step 3: Add a new layer. Name it "mask" if you like. Now, with the colors left at their default black and white, choose the Gradient tool ( ) with the "Linear (Reflected)" mode, as shown below. Click on the focal point of your picture, and hold Shift. Drag the gradient until the black is a decent size. Then release the mouse button before you release shift. This keeps it in a perfect line across the photo. You'll end up with this: (click to enlarge) Step 4: You may have noticed that it's a bit less than perfectly blended as a gradient. You can fix this pretty simply by running Frosted Glass. (If you can't find it, click here.) Run it with a Maximum Scatter of about 6, a Minimum Scatter of about 1, and a smoothness of about 3. Again, you can fiddle with this, but that should be about enough to give you a good "grainy" look. This should leave you sitting pretty on this: (click to enlarge) Save the file as a .PNG in someplace that will be easy to find later, such as your desktop (don't worry, you can delete it without fear once you're done). I saved mine as "mask.png." Edit: Don't forget to Undo (Ctrl+Z) when you're done with this step, so the flattened image goes back to a layered image. Step 5: Deselect the "mask" layer, and select the "Blur" layer again. Your Layers window should look like this: Now run the Alpha Mask Import plugin. (If you can't find it, click here.) Click on "Browse..." and find the "mask.png" file you saved earlier. Result: Once you hit "Ok," you're done! You should end up with this: How cute! Now you can add extra finishing touches such as maybe a hand entering the shot, little people on the ground...also, upping the saturation really adds to the "toy" feel. Anything, really! Try it out and post your result. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFC4EVER Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Well written tut, but i think it does the same effect as Gradient Blur. Quote ☆★☆★Merry Christmas★☆★☆ .::.My Gallery.::.Make Gold Text!.::. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Not exactly. This method allows you to control the type of blur used. Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Similar, yes. But BarkBark is correct: MadJik used the Gaussian Blur algorithm; this uses Ed's True Blur. It allows for a much more believable result. Plus, it teaches people Alpha Mask+Gradients, which was more the point. :-) Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFC4EVER Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 So, with this method you could get some sort of gradient zoom blur.. Ok, i stand corrected. Quote ☆★☆★Merry Christmas★☆★☆ .::.My Gallery.::.Make Gold Text!.::. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeminiS Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 This is a really good tut Dave. It's just that I can't find in it when we are suppose to save the "mask png" file. I believe it would be at the end of step 4. I'm not in the best of health right now and hope that I just didn't miss it somewhere. If I did, Sorry. :oops: Quote My DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 You're absolutely right! Somehow, while I was proof editing, I moved some images around and lost that part of step 4. You're correct, though; I've added it back in. Thank you; Good catch! Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtargo20 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 At the end of step 4 when I saved the mask to desktop, I got a CRASH message. I sent it <!-- e --><a href="mailto:to...crashlog@getpaint.net">to...crashlog@getpaint.net</a><!-- e -->...as instructed. I tried saving it to my documents and got the crash message again. The following is the message. Hope I didn't do wrong. Hidden Content: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Message: This text file was created because Paint.NET crashed. Please e-mail this file to <!-- e --><a href="mailto:crashlog@getpaint.net">crashlog@getpaint.net</a><!-- e --> so we can diagnose and fix the problem. 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Version=3.5.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:Program FilesPaint.NETFileTypesIcoCur.dll Exception details: System.OutOfMemoryException: Out of memory. at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement) at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename) at PaintDotNet.Effects.PhotoFloodFillEffectConfigDialog.ResetLimits() at PaintDotNet.Effects.PhotoFloodFillEffectConfigDialog.txtPhotoFileName_TextChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnTextChanged(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.OnTextChanged(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Text(String value) at System.Windows.Forms.TextBoxBase.set_Text(String value) at System.Windows.Forms.TextBox.set_Text(String value) at PaintDotNet.Effects.PhotoFloodFillEffectConfigDialog.btnBrowseFile_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam) Quote Is it me --or do buffalo wings taste like chicken? 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asian_skillz Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Can you explain? I really dont get the effects. Shrink the city? :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtargo20 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Like you said Asian, I'm having a problem seeing the "Shrink a City". I tired a picture to see if I could understand but got the crash message above. Quote Is it me --or do buffalo wings taste like chicken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 Have you ever seen a photograph of a very small model? They have a very small depth-of-field. Check out the Wikipedia articles I link to in the first post for more information. As for the crash reports, please post them in the Troubleshooting forum. I can't do anything about it here. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asian_skillz Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Have you ever seen a photograph of a very small model? They have a very small depth-of-field. Check out the Wikipedia articles I link to in the first post for more information.As for the crash reports, please post them in the Troubleshooting forum. I can't do anything about it here. Ohhh, I get in now. Sorry David, didn't know what you meant at first. I see the difference. Nice job david. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake2k Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 If you ever watch "adult swim" they use pics with this effect after commercial breaks sometimes, I've seen a few tuts on it and even made some of my own but I just used the gradient tool in transparency mode. Good job with the tut man Quote ^Click to visit my Flickr Gallery^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncfan51 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 It helps add to the whole toy-model effect to up the saturation a tiny bit. Quote +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ I am a disco dancer. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 It helps add to the whole toy-model effect to up the saturation a tiny bit. Agreed! Added to tut. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncfan51 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Simple, yet so, so fun! Quote +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ I am a disco dancer. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted November 22, 2008 Author Share Posted November 22, 2008 Brilliant! That's an awesome tilt shift. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emanda1964 Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 well i have 2 questions: 1. why the 2 pictures in the beginning are totaly different (where u say "ull be turning this.....into this....") 2. and why is this tut (really not one of the best) declared sticky?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted October 19, 2009 Author Share Posted October 19, 2009 They're not two different pictures. They're two halves of the same picture. And, in case you were wondering, I DIDN'T sticky this tutorial. Apparently someone liked it. You know what I do with tutorials I don't like? I don't do them. Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EscapistAngel Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I believe I have just found the perfect way of demonstrating what it means that tilt shift makes things appear miniatyre. This video is incredibly great It really shows the power of tilt shift on a parade in Paris Quote Please forgive my possible complaints. I'm but an annoying little perfectionist when it comes to using english... "I tremble in the presence of your terrifying skills of gardening." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inertia Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Something's not quite clear to me. After adding and adjusting the mask layer, are you saving just that mask layer, or the entire .png? I did that, but I couldn't "see" the file I'd saved when I tried to apply the AlphaMask plugin. I think I may have found my problem with finding the file, but I still am unclear if the mask layer is to be saved separately or with the rest of the layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted February 2, 2010 Author Share Posted February 2, 2010 By itself or with the rest of the picture, it doesn't matter. When you save it, the image is flattened, and as such the image on the bottom is no longer visible. Just make sure you hit "undo" after you save it so you have a nice, pristine image to work with later! Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted February 2, 2010 Share Posted February 2, 2010 David, do you think that using gradient blur would make the steps that involves creating an alpha masking obsolete? I had been told that gradient blur does the same trick as a blur and masking technique in which you employed. Your thoughts? Quote Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 A gradient blur would work, sure. But the current method is a bit more versatile...plus, you get to learn about masking. :-) Real reason: it was written before Gradient Blur was released. And now I don't want to change it. :-) Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agulesin Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 (edited) Please can you update the link for "-Ilnab1024's Alpha Mask Import Plugin." . Thanks! Edited July 12, 2010 by pyrochild don't post direct links to plugins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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