User's Manual

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
User Guide
To adjust viewing options in Vanishing Point
❖ Do any of the following:
• To magnifyorreducethe previewimage,selectthe Zoom tool in theVanishing Pointdialogbox,and clickor
drag in the preview image to zoom in; hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click or drag in the
preview image to zoom out. You can also specify a magnification level in the Zoom text box at the bottom of the
dialog box, or click the Zoom Out
or the Zoom In buttons.
• To move the image in the preview window, select the Hand tool in the Vanishing Point dialog box, and drag in the
preview image. Alternatively, hold down the spacebar with any tool selected, and drag in the preview image.
• To show or hide the grid and boundaries of a perspective plane, select or deselect Show Edges.
• To adjust thesizeofthe perspectiveplane grid,selectthe Edit Plane orthe Create Plane tool, andtheneither
enter a pixel value in the Grid Size text box or click the down arrow and move the slider.
• 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.
Bounding box and grid alerts in Vanishing Point
The bounding box and grid change colors to indicate the plane’s current condition. If your plane is invalid, move a
corner node until the bounding box and grid are blue.
Blue Indicates a valid plane. Keep in mind that a valid plane doesn’t guarantee results with the proper perspective.
You must make sure that the bounding box and grid accurately line up with geometric elements or a plane area in
the image.
Red Indicatesaninvalid plane. VanishingPoint cannot calculatethe plane’saspectratio.You won’tbeabletotearoff
a perpendicular plane from a red invalid plane. Although it’s possible to make edits in a (red) invalid plane, the results
will not be oriented properly.
Yellow Indicates an invalid plane. All the vanishing points of the plane cannot be resolved. Although it’s possible to
tear off a perpendicular plane or make edits in a yellow invalid plane, the results will not be oriented properly.
To paste an item into Vanishing Point
Youcan pasteanitemfromthe clipboardinVanishing Point. Thecopieditemcan be from thesamedocumentora
different one. Once pasted into VanishingPoint,the item becomesafloating selectionthatyou canscale,rotate, move
or clone. When the floating selection moves into a selected plane, it conforms to the plane’s perspective.
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B
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Pasting an item into Vanishing Point
A. Copied pattern from a separate document B. Image with selection to confine results C. Pasted pattern moved into plane