Tiny Village - Leesburg, Virginia

Maxheadspace · Mar 11, 2018

Took a stab at the tiny village (tilt-shift) effect with some videos of Leesburg, Virginia. Used my Mavic Pro. This was shot in normal GPS hover, rather than tripod mode. It was about three minutes of video for each clip sped up to run about 15 seconds. Took this just before sunset, and I'm think the tilt-shift effect would be more pronounced if it was more towards the middle of the day with better lighting.

AnzacJack · Mar 11, 2018

looks great. if used this with photos a bit but never seen it with video.

DroneDan · Mar 12, 2018

Very cool.
Can anyone explain this to a simpleton please.

AnzacJack · Mar 12, 2018

its basically a process of blurring the upper and lower portions of the pic which gives the impression of tiny village.

and i think the low light works well with this one

HoozierDroneDaddy · Mar 12, 2018

Here is a tutorial on how to do it.

787steve · Mar 12, 2018

Maxheadspace said:
Took a stab at the tiny village (tilt-shift) effect with some videos of Leesburg, Virginia. Used my Mavic Pro. This was shot in normal GPS hover, rather than tripod mode. It was about three minutes of video for each clip sped up to run about 15 seconds. Took this just before sunset, and I'm think the tilt-shift effect would be more pronounced if it was more towards the middle of the day with better lighting.

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Very nice! Which software do you use?

Maxheadspace · Mar 12, 2018

787steve said:
Very nice! Which software do you use?

I used the free version of Davinci Resolve 14. Pretty much any non-linear editor will work, just a matter of the masking and gaussian blur features. Some have better feathering than others, giving smoother transition from clear focus to blur.