I've been researching how to achieve tilt-shift effect using Photoshop and am curious what's the best workflow when applying to several hundred RAW files. The steps I'm using are:
1. open the .CR2 file in Photoshop which opens it in Camera Raw. I make my adjustments (exposure, vibrance, saturation, etc.) and click Open Image. 2. now in Photoshop proper I got to Quick Mask Mode, create a gradient, and add a lens blur effect.
That's about what I want to do. Just curious how I can do this to a batch of RAW files to speed up the process.
Edit to add: Photoshop CC 2015, Camera Raw 9.1.1
Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:22 pm
TIMETRAVELER
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:34 pm Posts: 79
Re: Photoshop workflow for tilt-shift effect
lightroom works great...do one pic,,,sync the rest ..then move to video software
Sun Aug 02, 2015 10:07 pm
FilippoRivetti
Joined: Mon Jul 15, 2013 2:54 am Posts: 61 Location: Australia
Re: Photoshop workflow for tilt-shift effect
It is much faster and easier to apply the tilt-shift effect in After Effect on the raw/tiff sequence. You have to do it only once, you can even animate the effect (moving the in-focus area), and you can save it as a template and apply it to all your footage. There are many ways to do it, but my favourite is to create a blur map layer and use the camera lens blur effect (plus colour correction depending on personal tastes with levels, saturation, sharpening, etc). I used this technique to do the following short films for example:
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