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Help with "squaring" image -- Please help!


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Hello,

I am a painter and have basic experience with CS3, which I own. My problem is with the photographs I take of my paintings (for slides, shows and promotional pieces). No matter how hard I try to CENTER the focal point, my paintings in the photographs are always slightly askew (not perfect squares/rectangles but look more like trapezoids ... Imagine being slightly above the painting by 1 degree and, due to the perspective, the bottom of the painting is slightly more narrow than the top.

So, is there a feature in CS3 or a third party plug-in that can "square-up" the slightly skewed perspective issue?

Thank you for your help.
 
Vanishing Point

Actually, i did a Google search and i think what i need to learn is FILTER > VANISHING POINT. if any one has additional information or perhaps a link to a FREE lesson online then I would appreciate your assistance.

The Grid line function you referred to is something I have used before. This seems to be beneficial for simple 2 dimensional positioning purposes (like when using rotate). However, my issue is when I take photographs of SQUARE or RECTANGULAR paintings and the image's perspective is off ... For instance, an original 48"x48" gallery wrap painting, in the image, the top side of the frame is 48" wide and the bottom half is visibly 47" wide (the perspective is off due to not an exactly centered photo). I believe the FILTER > VANISHING POINT function is what I need to reconfigure the image and "stretch it" (like silly putty) so that the perspective is perfectly square once more.

Any ideas or do I have the right idea? if so, any FREE links to lessons that deal with my needs in learning this function would be helpful.

Thank you.
 
Filter> Distort> Lens Correction

It's amazing how helpful a GOOGLE search can be :-). Along with Vanishing Point, i also found lessons on Filter> Distort> Lens Correction. The Lens Correction corrects any perspective issues that can be flipped 3-dimensionally (as if you were adjusting one of those college presentation dry erase boards that can be flipped over on a horizontal plane).

Although this function definitely helps with many issues, i am still looking for the perfect CS3 command that can adjust an image like "silly putty" ... Creating an envelope grid around an image that can be pushed and stretched at an infinite number of nodes. (Like illustrator or Corel vector images).

Any ideas?
 
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