on 12/15/02 3:20 PM Tim Wheeler wrote: > I too don't use my shift lens, and do all perspective correction in > Photoshop. However, a slightly elevated view of a product, after > correcting, looks "squat and fat", and I transform the image to increase > the depth. > > I had always assumed that perspective correction in Photoshop is the > same as correcting the verticals in a view camera, but I can't remember > any 5x4 product shots looking as dumpy as the digital version.
Using skew, I usually pull in the top corners to correct, (having once been told it's better to squeeze pixels than stretch them) which leaves the product looking a bit tall and skinny. So I typically reduce the height by about half of what I pull in horizontally. My guess is you are pulling the bottom corners out and achieving the opposite result - short and squatty Never occurred to me this would happen, but... why wouldn't it? Hmm, perhaps pulling the top in and the bottom out equal amounts would result in maintaining correct proportions? I'll bet this isn't a new "discovery." :-) -- Jay Busse =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
