Sunday, 27 March 2011

Adobe Photoshop & Photoshop Elements Tips Perspective Distortion Correction

Sometimes our lens distorts the perspective in the image.
You can correct perspective distortions of an image using the Adobe Photoshop Crop tool.

All you have to do is:
  • Step 1. Open the photo in Adobe Photoshop.
    A tree against the wall
  • Step 2. Choose the Crop tool in CS2 Tools panel.
    Tools palette fragment with Crop chosen
  • Step 3. Create a marquee by dragging the tool cursor over the image.
    The marquee is drawn
  • Step 4. In the Options bar check Perspective box (if it is unchecked).
    Crop options bar
     
  • Step 5. By dragging the corners of the marquee (they can be moved independently in this mode) line the marquee borders with the actually vertical and horizontal lines of the image.
    Correcting perspective
  • Step 6. Adjust the marquee to the desired size.
    Adjusting the frame
  • Step 7. Press Enter key or Commit button in the Options bar. The resulting image will be rectangular and have no distortions..
    Final image