Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how a place images in perspective
using the Vanishing Point filter that was first introduced
in version CS2. I provided this
ice rink photo for you to download, so you can follow along.
Its link is located in the video description or project files.
I also provided the Olympics logo that I'll be using for this example.
Click the New Layer icon
to make a new layer. Go to
Filter and Vanishing Point. The Vanishing Point window will open.
Click the "Create Plane Tool".
The first plane we'll create is on the ice surface.
Left-click on the lower, right corner
of the ice. Go to the top, right corner of the ice
and left-click. Continue to follow its perspective.
The grid should be blue. If it's yellow
red or green, you need to drag the corner until the grid turns blue.
To extend any side of the plane, go to the middle of the side you want to extend.
and when you see it double-arrow, simply drag it out.
To create new plane that extends
out from the side, go to the middle of that side
and press and hold Ctrl on WIndows
or Cmd on a Mac. When you see a square, grid symbol,
drag it in the direction you want the new plane to be.
Again, to extend a side,
go to the middle of that side and when you see double-arrow,
drag out. If you need to realign a corner of the grid to match the
perspective of your photo,
simply go to the corner of the grid and drag it to the corner of the photo
until its positioned correctly. Continue to extend and create new planes for the
areas you'll be
ultimately pasting images onto. Only the grid of the last plane you created is visible,
however, all the other planes are actually there.
Just their grids are hidden. When you've created all the planes,
click OK. Open the image you'd like to place onto the photo.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + A to select it and Ctrl or Cmd + C to copy it
on your clipboard. Open back up your photo
and go to a Filter and Vanishing Point.
Once you open it, all the grids in your planes
are visible. Press Ctrl or Cmd + V
to paste the object. To reduce its size,
click the Transform Tool, go to a corner
and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow, press and hold
Shift as you drag in. Pressing Shift keeps its aspect ratio intact.
Once you drag the object into a plane,
it shape instantly conforms to its perspective.
As you move it, it automatically adjusts its size.
To adjust its size again, go to a corner
and press and hold Shift and drag it out. To place the same
object into another plane, press and hold
Shift + Alt on Windows or Shift + Option on a Mac
and drag the copy to the other plane. Notice the
object remains in perspective. Adjust its size and location.
Each time you want to duplicate the object and place it on to another area,
press and hold Shift +Alt or Shift + Option and then drag the copy.
If your object rotates on its axis,
go to a corner and when you see a curved, double-arrow,
press and hold Shift as you rotate around
until it snaps in alignment with the plane. Adjust its position
and size to taste. When you're done, click OK.
Note that the objects are on their own layer. We'll remove the white boxes
surrounding the logos
by changing the layer's Blend Mode to Multiply.
To remove unwanted areas of the logo, we'll use
a layer mask to hide them. Click on the Layer Mask
icon to make a layer mask.
Open your Brush Tool and make the size small
and the Hardness: 0%. The Opacity and Flow should be 100%.
Press the F5 key at the top of your keyboard
to open your Brush panel. Make sure the only setting that's checked
is "Smoothing". Press F5 again to close to Brush panel.
We'll zoom into one of the areas of the logo that we want to hide.
Press "z" to open your Zoom Tool and drag over that area to zoom into it.
Press "B" to open your Brush Tool and carefully brush inside the area to hide
the logo.
If you want to make the brush larger or smaller, press the right or left bracket
key on your keyboard.
Continue to brush inside the area until that part of the logo is hidden.
To see another section of your document, press and hold the Space bar
and drag your image.
Press "B" again to open your Brush Tool and brush over the area.
If you make a mistake, press "x" to invert
your foreground and background colors and brush over the mistake.
Then, press "x" again to revert the foreground color to black.
Continue to brush over those areas of the logo you want to hide.
The last steps will be to make the logos a bit more transparent and soft.
Reduce the Opacity to 80% and click on the thumbnail to make the layer
active. Open your Blur Tool,
make the Size approximately, 90 pixels,
the Hardness: 0% and the Strength: 30%.
Brush over the logos in the background to soften them.
To see your document full-size,
press Ctrl or Cmd + 1. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!