Hi John Thanks for the comments. Another attempt is here:
http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/IMGP2987.jpg When I said that part of the image was lost, I was referring to the use of the distort tool. However, I found that by increasing the size of the canvas first, this problem is avoided. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I find trying to correct perspective in Elements a little tricky; > you end up with an image that's either squashed or stretched > horizontally (or, alternatively, stretched or sqashed vertically). > > If you think of the perspective correction as distorting your > original rectangle into a trapeziod, you don't want either the > base or the top of the trapezoid to stay the same; what you > really want is for one of them to be stretched, and the other > to be squashed, and some intermediate line (usually somewhere > between 1/3 and 1/2 way up the picture) to be left unchanged. > You can go to great lengths to compute exactly what you want, > or you can simply change the image size anisotropically (after > applying perspective correction) to get an image that looks right. > Resizing the image shouldn't lose any part of the contents. > (And, as Paul pointed out, rotate to get your central verticals > truly vertical before applying the perspective transform). > > > I do like the colours of the light on the stone. > > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 07:33:22AM -0500, Brian Walters wrote: > > Yes - I noticed that too. However, trying to stretch it > vertically > > tends to lose the top spire. > > > > Thanks for the comment, John. > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney, Australia > > > > > > > > Quoting John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > It looks as though you've squashed it a little vertically > > > in the process of correcting the perspective. > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 12:38:11AM -0500, Brian Walters wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > > > > > I quite liked this photo of afternoon light on the sandstone > > > walls of > > > > an old church in western Sydney. Unfortunately it suffered > from > > > > converging verticals so I had a go at correcting the > > > perspective. > > > > > > > > It looks OK but perhaps it could have been done better. > > > > > > > > The adjusted image is at the top of the following link page > and > > > the > > > > original image is at the bottom: > > > > > > > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/PAW/thomas-paw.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Comments and suggestions welcome. Technical details > available > > > by > > > > clicking the "i" icon. > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Get a spam free email account - Visit http://www.bluebottle.com > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a spam free email account - Visit http://www.bluebottle.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
