After the photo walk last Saturday I had a late lunch with my friend Jon, and he reminded me of a Photoshop tool that I had seen demonstrated in a tutorial once, but never used and forgot about. In the crop tool in Photoshop, there is a small check box called “Perspective” that appears after you first draw a cropped box. If you click that, and align the lines on your crop box with lines on your image, the tool will straighten things out and make it look as if you shot it from straight on.
So the image above appears as if I shot it from straight on at level, even though I shot it from the ground and the cool retro phone number is about 2-3 stories high. Here is another example:
Here is how the same image looked straight from the camera:
It is very easy to use and quite powerful.
Chris Nitz
7 Oct 2011I like how in the second shot, the pattern is perfect until you get to the one triangle with a crack. That crack just catches the eye so well. Nicely captured.
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Edith Levy
7 Oct 2011Terrific shots Mark and thank you…I didn’t realize that you can adjust perspective through the crop tool.
Jim Denham
7 Oct 2011Now that is an impressive tool! Thanks for sharing!
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Tom Baker
7 Oct 2011Good post Mark
It’s a great tool, especially when you are trying to straighten up a building. I use that and the Perscpective tool a lot. Maybe that’s because I can’t seem to take a straight picture 🙂
Tobias George
7 Oct 2011Cool tool! Wasn’t aware of this one. I like that first shot!
Len Saltiel
7 Oct 2011Impressive images ark. Love the patterns and geometry.
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Curt Fleenor
7 Oct 2011I’ll have to remember to use this puppy! I agree with Chris that the crack in the one triangle really catches your attention. Combine it with the split toning and it looks like a very old film slide. Nice Mark!
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