How to design perspective in Photoshop

perspective in Photoshop

I used this image as a title slide in a PowerPoint presentation for MasterCard, one of my clients. It was a great excuse to do a reflection and transform its perspective to make it look like the headline is actually there on the pavement.

The method I use to do perspective is much simpler that going Edit > Transform > Perspective. I prefer to do most of my transforming with the Free Transform (Cmd/Ctrl-T) function. First, however, don’t forget to rasterize that type! Right-click on the text layer in the Layers palette and choose Rasterize Type.

With this done, go Cmd/Ctrl-T for Free Transform, grab the top-middle point and pull down. Now your type is a vertically flipped. Then, with Cmd/Ctrl-Shift-Option held down, drag one of the bottom corners for the perspective (see below). And then hit Return.

perspective in Photoshop tutorial

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This article was posted on Monday, December 31st, 2007 at 3:39 pm and is filed under Photoshop.
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7 Responses to “How to design perspective in Photoshop”

  1. I love Web Design, on January 4th, 2008 at 1:10 pm, said:

    Very simple and easy :-) Thanks..

  2. Rob Cubbon, on January 4th, 2008 at 3:05 pm, said:

    No problem, I love Web Design!

  3. Motivator, on January 6th, 2008 at 3:58 am, said:

    simple and easy to follow..I tried it and it worked like charm…Thanks mate

  4. Rob Cubbon, on January 7th, 2008 at 10:19 am, said:

    Thank you, Motivator!

  5. Web Design New York, on January 10th, 2008 at 9:22 pm, said:

    Nice and Simple!!!

    thanks

  6. Rob Cubbon, on January 13th, 2008 at 11:45 am, said:

    Simple is the way to go! :)

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