Perspective Tool

Perspective Tool

Difficulty: 3/10

Don't you hate it when you're in an argument, a real heated one, and someone says you need to "take a step in their shoes" or "change your perspective?" Well heck, I'm going to teach you how to do just that, how to change your perspective using Photoshop! Now this may not be what they mean by changing your perspective but they can't deny that you tried, so let's start!

First, pick the picture you want to change the perspective on. I'll be using this picture that was originally posted here. 

In Photoshop click File, then Open... and select the picture from wherever you saved it. Your screen should now show your picture. 

Now, what you'll want to do is click edit and then Perspective Warp. 

Next just left click. A rectangular box will pop up, like this one:

You'll want to take the corners of the rectangle and drag them to the corners of one side of the building or object your changing, much like how I did below:

Then, shift click somewhere else on the picture. Another rectangle will pop up. Drag the corners to the corners of the other side. The corners that meet up should pop together. Your picture should now look like this.

Now, click the Warp box in the top middle leftish of the screen. It looks a lot (almost exactly, probably exactly) like this:

Now when you click and drag on the corners they will move. Experiment around with moving them to get the perspective you want. If you Shift + Click on a corner it combines the top corner and bottom corner so they move together. Shift + Click undoes this. Here is an example of what this tool can do:

Note two things here: First off, the slight difference in perspective. It looks as if you're standing at a different spot than the original picture. Second, the edges of the picture are distorted, this is a con of using this tool! Reading past and future tutorials can teach you how to do things like remove the edge errors though! If there's something I didn't cover all the way (these are basic simple tutorials after all) check this post for some more things, the post has a different perspective than I do!

Hopefully this taught you some new things, and like always, comment with any questions, complaints, or anything really.