For my Photoshop presentation, I will be teaching the class how to achieve the miniature effect on their desired photos. Follow these eleven steps to complete the effect.
- Step 1: Choosing the Right Photo: Choose a picture that was taken from afar. Choose an image that not only looks like it was taken from afar but rather on an elevated level. Make sure there’s an element in the picture that would make it look like plastic toy models.
- Step 2: Getting Started: Open us your chosen image via Photoshop
- Step 3: Enabling Quick Mask Mode: After opening the image in Photoshop press “Q” to enable Quick Mask Mode.
- Step 4: Enable Gradient: After pressing “Q,” press “G” to enable Gradient. Choose Reflected Gradient for the miniature effect.
- Step 5: Draw a vertical line on the picture: After enabling “Gradient,” draw a vertical line on the picture. After drawing the vertical line, a reddish color gradient should appear. That marks the part of the image that will be the focus or subject of your picture.
- Step 6: Exit Quick Mask Mode: After determining the focus and subject of your photo, press “Q” again to exit Quick Mask Mode.
- Step 7: Filter>Blur>Lens Blur
- Step 8: Adjust the radius of your blur: Adjust the radius until you’ve reached the desired output and press “OK.”
- Step 9: Press CTRL-D (removing dotted lines)
- Step 10: Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation: To achieve miniature effect, most of the time, saturation of the images are adjusted to 40 above the normal saturation since miniature models are usually brightly painted.
- Step 11: Image>Adjustments>Curves
After following the eleven steps located in the instructions, the finished product will resemble something like this.
