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Tilt Shift

Selective focus blur for miniature and tilt-shift looks.

Tilt-shift lenses move and tilt the plane of focus for architectural control or for selective blur. Miniaturisation looks come from a narrow focus band that makes real scenes resemble tabletop models.

Selective blur and gradual fall-off recreate the toy-town reading without bellows movements.

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Example

Properties

  • Center

    focus band center

    Range
    -2, -2 to 2, 2
    Default
    0, 0
  • Angle

    band rotation

    Range
    0 to 360
    Default
    0
  • Width

    sharp band half-width

    Range
    0.02 to 1
    Default
    0.22
  • Falloff

    blur ramp outside band

    Range
    0.01 to 1.5
    Default
    0.35
  • Blur radius

    max blur in relative units

    Range
    0 to 0.08
    Default
    0.018
  • Samples

    blur tap count (quality)

    Range
    3 to 17
    Default
    9

Command line

Requires Rethings Pro. Install the tool from Rethings → Install Command Line Tool…

rethings apply --effect tilt-shift --set center=0,0 --set angle=0 -i input.jpg -o output.png

Gallery

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