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HE VANISHING POINT FILTER IS
one of those tour-de-force extras that
astonishes anyone to whom it’s demonstrated.
No one expected Adobe to come up with this
one, and it’s unique in addressing the third
dimension in this way.
Simply put, the Vanishing Point filter allows
you to move, copy and clone in perspective,
dragging objects around corners with a
freedom that’s hard to comprehend even when
you’ve seen it done.
We’ll begin by showing the basics of this
filter, and continue over the next few pages
to give just an idea of how impressive this
revolutionary tool really is. To demonstrate
its capabilities, we’ll be using this photograph
of an urban dwelling that’s sorely in need of
refurbishment.
1
Enter the Vanishing Point filter by pressing COv
LAv, or choose it from the Filter menu. You begin
by placing four points at the corners of any element in the
scene that is truly rectangular: here, we can follow the lines of
the bricks and the corners of the building.
4
Now switch to the Marquee tool within the Vanishing
Point filter (m), and make a selection of the upstairs
window, as shown here. Even though we’re drawing a
rectangular selection, notice how it’s being drawn in
perspective: the marquee is following our perspective grid.
Vanishing Point filter 1
6
Getting into perspective
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HOT TIP
If you don’t
want to see the
selection outlines
when you’re
moving elements
around, press
Ch Lh
and they’ll be
hidden. That’s how
we’re able to check
how well the
window blends
in with the wall
around it in steps 5
and 6 here.
2
Holding the x key allows you to zoom in for more
accurate placement of these corner points: here, we’re a
little high. The aim at the bottom here is to follow the line of
the vertically-arranged bricks, to guarantee that the bottom of
our box is parallel to the ground in this image.
3
When all four points have been placed, a grid will appear
showing perspective lines that fill the space we’ve
defined. There’s still the chance, at this stage, to adjust the
corners if they don’t match the perspective of the building
perfectly.
5
Let’s make a copy of that window. Hold O A and
drag the window to the left to make a duplicate: it will
move in true perspective. Add the S key and it will stay in
the line. But note how the window is now getting smaller, as it
moves further away from us!
6
At the end of the last step, the window fitted perfectly,
but the shading was wrong: the left edge of the
brickwork was too bright to match the corner. At the top of
this window, check the Heal pop-up: Healing automatically
blends the selection in with its surroundings.
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