Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Manual (Page 234)

PHOTOSHOP CS3
User Guide
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Zoom tool Magnifies or reduces the view of the image in the preview window.
Hand tool Moves the image in the preview window.
Magnify or reduce the preview image
❖ Do any of the following:
• Select the Zoom tool in the Vanishing Point dialog box, and click or drag in the preview image to zoom in;
hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click or drag to zoom out.
• Specify a magnification level in the Zoom text box at the bottom of the dialog box.
• Click the Zoom Out or the Zoom In buttons.
• To temporarily zoom into the preview image, hold down the “x” key. This is especially helpful for placing the
corner nodes when defining a plane, and for working on details.
Move the image in the preview window.
❖ Do any of the following:
• Select the Hand tool in the Vanishing Point dialog box, and drag in the preview image.
• Hold down the spacebar with any tool selected, and drag in the preview image.
Work in Vanishing Point
1. (Optional) Prepare your image for work in Vanishing Point.
Before choosing the Vanishing Point command, do any of the following:
• To put the results of your Vanishing Point work in a separate layer, first create a new layer before choosing the
Vanishing Point command. Putting the Vanishing Point results in a separate layer preserves your original image
and you can use the layer opacity control, styles, and blending modes.
• If you plan to clone the content in your image beyond the boundaries of the current image size, increase the canvas
size to accommodate the additional content. See also “Change the canvas size” on page 194
• If you plan to paste an item from the Photoshop clipboard into Vanishing Point, copy the item before choosing the
Vanishing Point command. The copied item can be from a different Photoshop document. If you’re copying type,
select the entire text layer and then copy to the clipboard.
• To confine the Vanishing Point results to specific areas of your image, either make a selection or add a mask to
your image before choosing the Vanishing Point command. See also “Select with the marquee tools” on page 245
and “About masks and alpha channels” on page 269.
• To copy something in perspective from one Photoshop document to another, first copy the item while in
Vanishing Point in one document. When you paste the item in another document while in Vanishing Point, the
item’s perspective is preserved.
2. Choose Filter > Vanishing Point.
3. Define the four corner nodes of the plane surface.
By default, the Create Plane tool is selected. Click in the preview image to define the corner nodes. Try to use a
rectangle object in the image as a guide when creating the plane.