My Toy Slo Town
SLO City Facts
-Population 44,174,
-The median age is 26 years.
-For every 100 females there are 105.8 males.
-Racial makeup of the city is 84.11% White, 1.46% African American, 0.65% Native American, 5.28% Asian, 0.13% Pacific Islander, 4.82% from other races, and 3.55% from two or more races. 11.65% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
(Autual facts and statistics of San Luis Obispo, CA)
Cool PhotoShop effects!!!
By Simply using 2 layers in PS you can alter a photo giving it a shallow depth of field creating a toy model affect. Give it a try Open a picture you think might work well in PS (aerial photos and high angle Vantage-points work best)
Copy and Paste your background so you have 2 identical layers. Goto Filter/blur/Gaussian blur. A Settings box should pop up where you can change the intensity of the filter. I prefer anywhere between 5%-15%. Now using a soft erase tool erase sections of the blurred layer to bring objects back into focus. Practice makes perfect so try it out on couple different photos
Here is a cool Video example of Gaussian Blur....
