When building a perspective plane, it helps to have objects in your image that can define your plane. Keep the Vanishing Point dialog box open for the next part.Ĭlick and drag the pasted artwork on the plane.Ī grid defines the four corner points of a perspective plane. The design artwork maps to the perspective plane. When you paste, the tool changes to the Marquee selection tool.Ĩ Click and drag the pasted design over the perspective plane. This file has a pre-built perspective plane.ħ With the Vanishing Point dialog box open, press Ctrl+V (Windows) or Command+V (Mac OS) to paste the package design you cut in step 3. In the first part of this exercise, the perspective planes are made for you. Make sure that the package wrap layer is active.Ĭreate a new layer for the Vanishing Point results.Ħ Choose Filter > Vanishing Point. The New Layer dialog box appears.ĥ Type package wrap into the Name text field and press OK. By creating a blank layer, you can have the effects of the vanishing point separated from the rest of your image, allowing you to turn off or on the results of the filter.Ĥ Click on the package layer and then Alt+click (Windows) or Option+click (Mac OS) on the Create a New Layer icon () in the Layers panel. The package design is now on your clipboard.īefore using the Vanishing Point filter you will want to create a blank layer. A selection is now visible around the package design.ģ Click on the design layer to make sure it is the active layer, then choose Edit > Cut. You will now cut the image on the design layer so that it can be pasted into the Vanishing Point dialog box.Ģ Hold down the Ctrl (Windows) or the Command (Mac OS) key, and click on the design layer thumbnail in the Layers panel. Using the Layers panel, turn off the visibility of both the monsters layer group and the alien layer. In this exercise, you’ll map a pre-made design to a box so that three sides of the box are showing.ġ Turn on the Visibility icon ( ) next to the design and package layers to make them visible. The planes you define control the perspective of the edits you make, giving your image a realistic perspective effect. With this filter, you first define the planes in an image, and then apply edits by painting, cloning, copying, pasting, and transforming your image. With the Vanishing Point filter, you can easily add additional elements to any type of artwork that is composed of flat planes. The Vanishing Point filter simplifies the task of editing images that are in perspective, such as the sides of a box. Photoshop Tutorial: Using the Vanishing Point filter in Photoshop CS6 For more Adobe Photoshop training options, visit AGI’s Photoshop Classes. It is the eleventh lesson in the Adobe Photoshop CS6 Digital Classroom book.
This tutorial provides you with a foundation for working with Adobe Photoshop vanishing point filters.
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