Is it my imagination, or does the belfry now look fatter at the top? Don
Brian Walters wrote: > Thanks for the tips, Paul. Here's another attempt. > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/IMGP2987.jpg > > > I think the centre vertcal is more or less straight now. I tried > stretching the image vertically but (of course) the whole image > stretched, not just the tower and it didn't look right. There is a > small amount of vertical stretching on the tower through the use of > the distort tool. > > I really like the potential of this sort of adjustment for > architectural subjects so a lot more practising is called for. > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > > > > > > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > >> Nice shot and generally good work. But the center vertical isn't >> quite straight. That throws it off if you're going for perfect >> alignment. If elements has the Edit/Free Transform tool use this to >> rotate the image before you correct the perspective. You might find >> that the perspective tool works better once the rotation is >> correct. If not, you can use distort. If you don't have the free >> transform tool, do a rotation of about 1 degree before correcting >> perspective. You want to make that centerline perfectly vertical. >> If you need to stretch it to eliminate a squat look, use the image >> size tool and change onlly the vertical dimension a small amount. >> Experiment until it looks right. >> Paul >> -------------- Original message ---------------------- >> From: Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>> Hi Don >>> >>> I'm using Photoshop Elements 1. I tried the "Perspective" tool >>> >> but >> >>> couldn't get it to look right so I ended up using the "Distort" >>> tool. >>> >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> >>> Brian Walters >>> Western Sydney, Australia >>> >>> >>> Quoting Don Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> >>>> What program did you sue to make the correction? >>>> >>>> Don >>>> >>>> John Francis wrote: >>>> >>>>> It looks as though you've squashed it a little vertically >>>>> in the process of correcting the perspective. >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> 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 > > > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

