iQuikDoF

[stingx]

Cool iOS app called iQuikDoF. There's a freebie and paid version. Love the effects you can get with it.

http://stubble.org/mobile/iquikdof-deathproof.JPG

[Ch0jin]

Is that by any chance a screen grab from the film Deathproof?

Interesting app and I'll check it out. I often add a bit of Bokeh to images in PS to pull attention to a subject, never as much as that image though. WAY too much in that example IMHO.

Thanks for posting though as I obviously don't run PS on my iPhone ;)

[stingx]

Yes, Deathproof! You're right, the effect is overdone but the app is pretty good and I was having fun with it.

[Ch0jin]

Awesome film huh. Did u know that the Kiwi girl who plays a stunt woman, Zoe Bell, is actually playing herself? She was Xena's stunt double, and then went on to be Uma's stunt double in Kill Bill. I love how Tarentino does stuff like that.

Back on topic though, there's another really cool effect you can try using "fake" DOF (Bokeh) Mostly this technique is called fake tilt-shift but I just prefer to call it fake miniaturisation because, well, that's what it looks like.

Here's an example

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2559/4421534279_b219ff5baa.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ch0jin/4421534279/)
Miniature Jordanian Goats! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ch0jin/4421534279/) by Ch0jiN (http://www.flickr.com/people/ch0jin/), on Flickr

and one more..

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4422348892_b0780a3a7c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ch0jin/4422348892/)
Southern Theatre, Jerash. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ch0jin/4422348892/) by Ch0jiN (http://www.flickr.com/people/ch0jin/), on Flickr

Basically all you do is leave the middle of the image as is and add blur in a linear fashion out from the centre. Then bump the contrast and colour to make things look "toy like" and away ya go. This only works on certain types of image composition though and there's a fair amount of trial and error involved but the results can look pretty cool.

[stingx]

Cool! Thanks.

[markb]

Awesome film huh. Did u know that the Kiwi girl who plays a stunt woman, Zoe Bell, is actually playing herself? She was Xena's stunt double, and then went on to be Uma's stunt double in Kill Bill. I love how Tarentino does stuff like that.

Back on topic though, there's another really cool effect you can try using "fake" DOF (Bokeh) Mostly this technique is called fake tilt-shift but I just prefer to call it fake miniaturisation because, well, that's what it looks like.

Here's an example

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2559/4421534279_b219ff5baa.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ch0jin/4421534279/)
Miniature Jordanian Goats! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ch0jin/4421534279/) by Ch0jiN (http://www.flickr.com/people/ch0jin/), on Flickr

and one more..

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4422348892_b0780a3a7c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ch0jin/4422348892/)
Southern Theatre, Jerash. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ch0jin/4422348892/) by Ch0jiN (http://www.flickr.com/people/ch0jin/), on Flickr

Basically all you do is leave the middle of the image as is and add blur in a linear fashion out from the centre. Then bump the contrast and colour to make things look "toy like" and away ya go. This only works on certain types of image composition though and there's a fair amount of trial and error involved but the results can look pretty cool.

Or you can just get one of these ;)

http://teamworkphoto.com/shop/images/ebony/SW45.jpg

[Ch0jin]

Nice. A little bit of a pain to carry around when basically backpacking as I was though :) Although, to 'most' people, my kit made up of a body, two lenses, two batteries, charger, 4 CF cards and a portable HDD with media reader (for CF backups without a PC) as well as a little user friendly Sony cybershot for backup shots and for handing to people to take pic's of me in front of stuff, seems like a lot to carry.