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Vanishing Point

 

The Vanishing Point filter is a very powerful feature in Photoshop CS3, especially once you know a couple tricks for drawing grids, and then placing and blending images to them.

Corey Barker

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

46 Comments

  1. Alex said on — March 29, 2008 @ 6:25 pm

    Awesome. Thanks so much for posting this one!!! I love the fact that you showcase the various fitlers of PS. Helps me get to know them and learn to love them. Appreciate it!

  2. cherlizz said on — April 2, 2008 @ 11:42 am

    cool! this is really helpful. Just a hobbyist, toying with PS, and this is going to be a nice timesaver.

  3. Stacy said on — April 14, 2008 @ 4:30 pm

    I love your tutorials, and this is one of my favorites. You’re a great teacher, and have great ideas!

  4. Celeste said on — May 5, 2008 @ 5:53 pm

    That was really cool! Never even looked at vanishing point before. I love using filters and now I have a new tool/toy to play with…thanks.

  5. Jessica Shadions said on — June 5, 2008 @ 7:32 am

    I was having alot of trouble with this filter doing a homework assignment, but you have helped me out alot!! THANK YOU!

  6. Patrick said on — June 19, 2008 @ 9:24 am

    Awesome! This is useful for a variety of other reasons, too. Thanks.

  7. ivo said on — June 27, 2008 @ 8:33 am

    thanks for the awesome tutorial. I love it.

  8. Matt said on — July 20, 2008 @ 11:53 pm

    um…is it possible to go around curved lines…like sun glass….for example putting a picture on the lens….or is it easier another way?

  9. anisa said on — August 20, 2008 @ 4:47 pm

    Just a thing I needed. Thanks!

  10. tepe said on — September 4, 2008 @ 8:23 am

    this is what Im talking about! ur great master corey!

  11. Alicia said on — September 4, 2008 @ 3:22 pm

    You have SAVED my grade with this tutorial!!. Thank You so much!!

  12. rachel said on — September 17, 2008 @ 4:07 pm

    AWESOME!

  13. rias said on — October 15, 2008 @ 1:30 am

    Hi thank u so much

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  15. dheia said on — January 24, 2009 @ 2:38 am

    thank you

  16. Derek K said on — January 30, 2009 @ 6:48 pm

    great tutorial. thanks..i always wondered what “hard light” was used for. I never found a use for it.

  17. Dirk Smith said on — March 11, 2009 @ 10:19 am

    Thanks for the tutorial Corey, another great one. I have used a picture of the theatre I perform in to add several images from my 365 day project of ‘Derek’s Beard’. This image is for the milestone of 100 days and I have four different vanishing points on it. Made easy with your help of course.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/dereksbeard/3344718386/

  18. Nikki Barks said on — May 20, 2009 @ 11:37 am

    I guess I am doing something wrong. When I copy and paste my picture and click on vanishing point, I get my grid, but my pasted picture will not move. Please help!

  19. iana said on — July 3, 2009 @ 11:34 am

    Thank you Corey – a very useful tut!

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  25. Dave said on — November 18, 2009 @ 3:24 pm

    I thought I knew all about Vanish Point – that was until I viewed Corey’s superb tutorial! Thank you Corey.

  26. Chrisyfitzuk said on — December 10, 2009 @ 7:52 pm

    Thanks for the best tutorial I have found on using vanishing point.

  27. Rob said on — January 11, 2010 @ 2:19 am

    Mate, best tutorial I’ve seen on Vanishing Point. Thanks again, was a real help.

  28. faizan siddiqui said on — January 26, 2010 @ 5:29 am

    I have same prob like Nikki Barks have, after making grid, when i insert pic into that grid, my ps cs4 get freezed, nd after 1 min it shows that close programme…….

    please help us…..

  29. Stacey said on — February 25, 2010 @ 2:56 pm

    Thank you so much. You have helped me finish this project with this tuitorial!

  30. Desi said on — April 8, 2010 @ 7:00 am

    Thanks a lot! It was so usefull!

  31. FunnySite said on — May 3, 2010 @ 7:51 am

    Thank you! ;)

  32. bikerboy said on — May 23, 2010 @ 6:03 am

    hello Corey and thank you for your tutorials they are really helpful.

    i am trying today to do the same as you did but with text and i don’t seem to be getting it to work.

    can you make a tutorial if it’s possible for using vanishing point with text?

    thank you :)

  33. metalni said on — June 5, 2010 @ 2:08 am

    Great tutorial. thanks. You’re a great teacher.

  34. Michele said on — June 5, 2010 @ 4:25 pm

    The problem I’m having with this is…….how do you delete the grids to start over? Even if I close the image and open it back up, the OLD grid is still there!

  35. john buhril said on — June 23, 2010 @ 10:28 am

    I have never thought vanishing point would be so power till I watch this video tutorial.Thank you so much Corey.

  36. Jake said on — September 3, 2010 @ 9:34 am

    I love it! very creative…

  37. Eduard said on — November 5, 2010 @ 8:38 pm

    This is a powerful feature in Photoshop, thanks for awesome tutorial.

  38. Meg said on — December 29, 2010 @ 1:28 pm

    So glad you posted this. Great tut. I have a question, are there any differences in how it works in CS5? Seems mine doesn’t work quite the same with drawing new planes. I’m just learning this tool so perhaps it’s me.

  39. Judy said on — May 20, 2011 @ 11:09 am

    Love the tutorial. Would love to see another one using cs5. Making something fun with it.

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  41. Lynn Breese said on — June 12, 2011 @ 3:36 pm

    Corey Barker…the bomb! I have been trying to get this concept for weeks…I am taking a class in PS CS5…could not get it. Corey Barker, thank you, I understand you and your teaching style. Whallah!

  42. Stanislav said on — July 3, 2011 @ 5:26 am

    Thank you Corey realy useful

  43. Dieti said on — July 20, 2011 @ 4:11 am

    Super toutoriar man. Thanks!!

  44. Stefan said on — September 14, 2011 @ 2:27 am

    That was really cool! I like it

  45. Kamran Khan said on — October 2, 2011 @ 6:36 pm

    very nice tips, i just can’t understand the last part of removing colours where the poster look like the part of the building ?

  46. Donnell said on — November 4, 2011 @ 4:23 pm

    Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much!

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