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Posted on 29/03/12 4:10:40 PM |
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jwhite
Collage Critter Posts: 274 Reply  |
Cropping to Perspective ?
I'm attempting to crop the below photo so that the plastron (turtle's bottom shell) appears flat. Unfortunately, my attempts have failed. Any techniques or tip would be greatly appreciated. http://www.virginiaherpetologicalsociety.com/reptiles/turtles/yellow-bellied-slider/Yellowbelly%20Slider%20ventral%20view(Trachemys%20scripta%20scripta)034.JPG |
Posted on 29/03/12 7:04:19 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Cropping to Perspective ?
Hello, The link went to page not found, then to herpetologicalsociety.com but I couldn't find your image, sorry |
Posted on 29/03/12 7:31:47 PM |
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jwhite
Collage Critter Posts: 274 Reply |
Re: Cropping to Perspective ?
Thanks Deborah, This is a shortened link: http://tinyurl.com/7q8yl29 |
Posted on 30/03/12 09:00:34 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 6934 Reply  |
Re: Cropping to Perspective ?
Not quite sure what you're after here, John... can you explain in a bit more detail? |
Posted on 30/03/12 2:51:15 PM |
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David Asch
Tech Support Posts: 1913 Reply  |
Re: Cropping to Perspective ?
Do you mean something like this? 
I used Lens correction to alter the perspective. You could also use the Perspective Crop tool in CS6 beta. It's tricky to do without introducing some distortion, though. _________________ Leap and the net will appear |
Posted on 30/03/12 10:08:54 PM |
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jwhite
Collage Critter Posts: 274 Reply |
Re: Cropping to Perspective ?
Thanks Steve and David. I would like the bottom of the turtle shell to appear flat. David did what I was attempting to do. However, as David mentioned there is some distortion. I may try extracting the turtle shell from the background, making it a 3d postcard layer and then trying to adjust the perspective. Any other suggestions? Thanks again, John |
Posted on 30/03/12 10:41:11 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Cropping to Perspective ?
I find the warp tool is really useful. Select the area you want (all the select constraints apply) and then move the handles, grids, as you want. It works really well, but keep your history! Puppet tool very good, more powerful as well if you have it, but warp great. At the end of the day you might need to make adjustments/overlays to shading etc, but depends on what you want to do(?) Don't forget your layer masks to obscure parts left you don't need any more 
Trevor |
Posted on 30/03/12 10:51:52 PM |
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jwhite
Collage Critter Posts: 274 Reply |
Re: Cropping to Perspective ?
Thanks, Trevor. I'll give it a try. |