The Perspective Tool
Sometimes you might want to distort an image to either correct something, or make a photo more dynamic. This month I’ve used another photo from Prague to show you how this tool works.

There’s a before and after photo below to show you what we’re doing here.



The “before” has converging verticals. They’ve been corrected in the “after” photo. So how’s it done?

Open your photo in Photoshop, and then go to image then choose transform and then perspective. A bounding box will appear around your photo.

Grab one of the corner handles (see arrow 1 below), and then slide it from side to side (arrow 2 below). Your image will distort as you do so.



Slide the image until the verticals are, well, vertical again! Although take care – sometimes this makes photos look a little unnatural. It’s often better to adjust the verticals, but don’t make them completely straight.

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