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On the previous page we looked at how to create and use
the basic 3D grid. Now let’s take it into another dimension.
Switch to the Arrow tool to show the grid, then hold the C
L key and grab the center right-hand handle. Drag the
handle to ‘tear off’ the grid around the corner.
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It’s likely that the grid won’t match the side wall
perspective perfectly: the top and bottom points on the
right will need adjusting. If the whole grid goes red or yellow,
it indicates an ‘illegal’ perspective; adjust the grid until it turns
blue again.
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We can paste into Vanishing Point, as well. Open the
file VP Graffiti.psd: Select All and Copy, then close
the file. Back on our house, create a new, empty layer. We’ll
work entirely within this layer so we don’t risk damaging the
underlying building.
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Open the Vanishing Point filter again, and the grids will
already be in place. (I’m working on the original house,
without the extra windows in place.) Choose Paste, and the
copied graffiti will appear up in the top left corner.
Vanishing Point filter 2
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Getting into perspective
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Select the original window again, and hold O A as
you drag it around the corner – add S to move it in
a horizontal line. Once it passes the corner, the window will
snap to the second wall; check the Flip button at the top of the
window to flip the window horizontally.
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We can create as
many perspective
grids as we like,
tearing them off
to fit additional
surfaces in the
scene. It’s worth
taking the trouble
to get it right on
the first two walls,
as things get more
complex when the
grid extends to a
third wall.
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We can now drag the center handles on the right and
bottom, to extend the grid to the end of the wall and to
the floor. Note how it still follows the wall’s perspective! Once
again, adjust the corners if it doesn’t appear to be precisely in
the right position.
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As we move the graffiti onto a perspective plane, it will
flatten itself onto that wall and move in perspective as
we drag. Drag it onto the blank side wall, and it will glide
smoothly around the plane of that wall. Any object can be
included by copying and pasting: it’s like an Import function.
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Let’s imagine that graffiti was painted directly onto the
wall, and we want to erase it. Open Vanishing Point
again, and choose the Clone tool. Hold O A and click to
define a source point: the Clone tool also clones in perspective
as we drag it over the wall surface.
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