Installed and registered without problems on a Win 8.1.3 Pro 64 bit system. A clean install.

A company without name and address:
Company Info

Artensoft is a software company founded in 2007. We create Windows based applications
We had a previous version of this tool on January 8, 2013. here are the old reviews:
http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/tilt-shift-generator/

As a short test, I took a picture of the "Kölner Dom" from Wikipedia. For tilt-shift, aerial views are the best.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Koeln_RdFlug_1.JPG

Upon start a resizable interface opens with a demo picture. In the options you can only change the JPG quality, several languages available.
You add your picture, define the focus and the output size and that's it.

http://i.imgur.com/rFjcHc3.png

During the file processing, advertizing is shown. You can block it in the future...
http://i.imgur.com/S9q6WG0.png

You have to play around with focus size, defocus strength and the other sliders to achieve the result, you want to have. The preview option is a good help. Does what it claims, easy to use for those, who had never played with a tilt-shift options.
http://i.imgur.com/6QcK8W0.jpg

This is a simple one trick tool. In my opinion it was more fun, when it was new.
This tool now built in in most photo applications. If you want to have a separate tool, you can take this.

Uninstalled via reboot.

Karl  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+124)

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Once again, your reviews are amazingly insightful. After looking at your pics, I decided to give it a shot. Have this feature on both my galaxy S5, and my canon powershot SX40. Took a pic with the canon, used the S5 to do a miniature, then used the canon do do a miniature pic. Used this nifty little gem, and compared them all. While I have no sites to upload pics, (never bothered with those) I found that the built in miniature setting on the canon, and the S5's camera (a downloaded app, not something that comes pre-installed unfortunately) did a better job at keeping the lighting and clarity of the overall pic, while applying the same upper and lower blur. This app seems to lower pic quality and darken everything a bit. Uninstalled. It's a lot easier just using built in camera features, or finding a free app that is updateable. Thank you Artensoft for this give-away, but I'll have to pass.

Once again, your reviews are amazingly insightful. After looking at your pics, I decided to give it a shot. Have this feature on both my galaxy S5, and my canon powershot SX40. Took a pic with the canon, used the S5 to do a miniature, then used the canon do do a miniature pic. Used this nifty little gem, and compared them all. While I have no sites to upload pics, (never bothered with those) I found that the built in miniature setting on the canon, and the S5's camera (a downloaded app, not something that comes pre-installed unfortunately) did a better job at keeping the lighting and clarity of the overall pic, while applying the same upper and lower blur. This app seems to lower pic quality and darken everything a bit. Uninstalled. It's a lot easier just using built in camera features, or finding a free app that is updateable. Thank you Artensoft for this give-away, but I'll have to pass.
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Levitiquetus  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+26)

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I like using this tool for a quick miniature effect. Great for the average shooter. For serious work most heavy graphic programs have this function with instant as-you-work previews.

I want to point out that tilt/shift photography is not really what we have here even though the web has now renamed tilt/shit photography as "miniature making". This program is really a "TILT" program in reverse. It does selective blurring where the tilt part of a tilt/shift lens does selective focusing. Yes, there really is a difference. What is missing is the SHIFT function. A true TILT/SHIFT lens does many things such as perfect focus depth with large apertures, correct keystone effects and other distortions, and even distortion free wide angle - panorama shots. Lenses that do all this are heavy and expensive.

a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/movements.htm">
a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/peterh111/journal/5713153-an-introduction-to-tilt-shift-photography">
a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Camera-Lenses/PC-E-NIKKOR-24mm-f%252F3.5D-ED.html#!">

So for anyone who wants or needs to simulate short depth of field photography or to crisp up some macro shots or create a miniature effect, this is a good simple software.

But if you want to emulate tilt/shift you need a couple of grand for a heavy lens.

I like using this tool for a quick miniature effect. Great for the average shooter. For serious work most heavy graphic programs have this function with instant as-you-work previews. I want to point out that tilt/shift photography is not really what we have here even though the web has now renamed tilt/shit photography as "miniature making". This program is really a "TILT" program in reverse. It does selective blurring where the tilt part of a tilt/shift lens does selective focusing. Yes, there really is a difference. What is missing is the SHIFT function. A true TILT/SHIFT lens does many things such as perfect focus depth with large apertures, correct keystone effects and other distortions, and even distortion free wide angle - panorama shots. Lenses that do all this are heavy and expensive. a href="http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/movements.htm"> a href="http://www.redbubble.com/people/peterh111/journal/5713153-an-introduction-to-tilt-shift-photography"> a href="http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Product/Camera-Lenses/PC-E-NIKKOR-24mm-f%252F3.5D-ED.html#!"> So for anyone who wants or needs to simulate short depth of field photography or to crisp up some macro shots or create a miniature effect, this is a good simple software. But if you want to emulate tilt/shift you need a couple of grand for a heavy lens.
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tiapa  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+20)

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"For tilt-shift, aerial views are the best."
True.
Ans as I AM an Aerial Photographer, I find Tilt-Shift Generator to be a GREAT, quick & easy tool.
It's fun to add a Tilt-Shift version of an aerial pix to the images we give friends; it adds an extremely unusual "model" look to the normal pix people have come to expect.
We get more comments about our Tilt Shift pix than any others, though sadly - I lost my copy of this software in a hard drive crash.
Delighted to have it back again and intend to let all my Aviator-friends know it's available today.
Thanks GAOTD and Artensoft.
Highly recommended.
I'll spread the word...

Glenn Norman  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+28)

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I like this software very much. I was a commercial photographer back in the days of film and am now having a great time with digital.

Today's software is a fun little tool that does what it claims and does it easily. The placement of the background / foreground blurs is easily adjusted, for intensity, placement and angle. You can shift the blur to mimic a toy picture, or make it lighter to slightly blur distracting background objects. Sure, you could use Photoshop, but it has a MUCH greater learning curve than Tilt Shift Generator 1.2.

Putting it in my "Image Software" folder right next to the often-used "Image Paint" by Teorex GAOTD, and perspective tilt.

The price at $50 is 'way too high, however.

Bill Marsh  –  8 years ago  –  Ritieni questo commento utile? sì | no (+20)

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