Tutorial -> Out of Blur or MiniaturEffect

Tutorial Out of Blur Effect with MGFD..
(I do not know if it is already the)

PS: The Picture i make with my Canon EOS 400D, the Munich Airport...

more...but this Picture i make with the free Tool "Image Analyzer" (Function "out of blur").
That, I wanted to solve in MFGD...

Hi Cmone,

Good fun :) This effect is known as 'Tilt-Shift' - though for real TS you need the proper equuipment, everything we do in software to emulate this (or via built into many modern cameras now) is just faking it.
A similar technique to yours was also posted here ; http://xara-users.info/demos/tiltshift/

Hi Steve,

Thx for info, "Tilt-Shift" is the name in English, okay... ;-)
I love the Effect.

Ah yes, I have this Image Analyzer software too.. You are right, they call it 'Out of focus blur'.. But the effect is known in the photographic world as 'Tilt-Shift'.
But, as you have discovered yourself, it's quite easy to create this effect in Xara Designer, Xara Web Designer and Xara Photo & Graphic Designer.
I agree - it's a neat effect and with the right photo it works very well.

Cool effect, here's my attempt in xara... I can't seem to get it as convincing as the other photos though.

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Tom, the brain is a wonderful thing - when you create this affect on your own photos, your minds eye recalls and sees the original first, ignoring the tilt-shift effect.
Your mind is fixing it.. ;)
But when you see one that someone else has done, then you see their result first because you have no recollection of the original.
It's weird, but that's exactly what I find. But, go back to your image a month or so later and it looks better first up (until you recall the original again :D )

I know what you mean, I tried looking at it objectively but that's easier said than done. :)