You just need to use the Keystone tool. I'm not sure which version you're using, but in PhD11, it's on the Adjustment tab, Manual, Global Adjustment Tools.

You can always click on the "?" at the top right of the app window to pull up the detailed Help webpage, and you can browse through the contents or search for relevant words.

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Quote You just need to use the Keystone tool. I'm not sure which version you're using, but in PhD11, it's on the Adjustment tab, Manual, Global Adjustment Tools.

You can always click on the "?" at the top right of the app window to pull up the detailed Help webpage, and you can browse through the contents or search for relevant words.

I'm using 365 ultra- which is 11 mostly?

Anyway - that does not quite do what I'm trying to do. Maybe this illistration will help. My gaol is to take a photo like on the left, and shape it like on the right.



Thoughts? Well - it's giving me a 404 forbidden message when I try to attatch a .jpg. So I'll try this - Notice how the vertical ends are of differing hights?

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I'm using 365 ultra- which is 11 mostly?

Anyway - that does not quite do what I'm trying to do. Maybe this illistration will help. My gaol is to take a photo like on the left, and shape it like on the right.



Thoughts? Well - it's giving me a 404 forbidden message when I try to attatch a .jpg. So I'll try this - Notice how the vertical ends are of differing hights?

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That didn't post the same way it formatted - so think of it as one end of the photo have a 3 inch hight, and the other end having a 2 inch hight, so the effect is that the photo is small on one ned vs the opposite end.

A trapezoid!

Hello David_D,

It is straight forward, indeed. Thinking about your question, it's not clear whether you mean:

(a) preparing a photo to be painted/projected onto the barn (in real life), or
(b) overlaying an image onto a photo of a barn

In either case:

1. Import the photo


2. Open the Edit module to work in Layers


3. Click on Distort Transformation


4. Use the handles to manipulate the shape to match the barn


5. Export/Save As

I started doing a screen capture for you, but made too many mistakes (not long out of bed)

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I understood exactly what you wanted, and I was mistaken in recommending the Keystone tool. I hadn't realized that PhD would shift the content but leave the external frame dimensions unchanged.

What you actually want is to add the second image as a New Photo Layer from the Edit tab, like this:



The you can click on Distort transformation and reshape/resize and position the image eactly where you want to to go:



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Oh! and while I was making mistakes in my ill-fated screen capture, you chaps were having a different conversation, which has now shifted to a similar conversation! PIX YouTube channel

^ Yes, "great minds" again

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and behold!

In the example below, I first cropped the original sunflowers photo into two sections to match the barn doors' aspect ratio.

1. Import barn photo


2. Open Edit


3. Add photo layer (left half of sunflowers)


4. Use Scale Transform to resize


5. Use Distort Transform to match left barn door


6. Repeat fro right door


7. Save

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Wow. WOW!

Impressive, thank you for the help and guide. This did just what I was wanting, and what a result. I can see I've nt been using phD in the fashon I shouldhave all along - having had phD7 for a long time, and just now upgrading.

Thanks you both very, very much! BTW - I was wanting to add the overlay to a existing barn photo to be used as a backdrop for a info slide.

Thanks again!

Quote Wow. WOW!

Impressive, thank you for the help and guide. This did just what I was wanting, and what a result. I can see I've nt been using phD in the fashon I shouldhave all along - having had phD7 for a long time, and just now upgrading.

Thanks you both very, very much! BTW - I was wanting to add the overlay to a existing barn photo to be used as a backdrop for a info slide.

Thanks again!

Here's my barn,

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Here's my barn,

HA! Looking at that 'super crop' blow up, I see i can still tidy it up some!

Quote HA! Looking at that 'super crop' blow up, I see i can still tidy it up some!

Well, you're the artist, but I think your shared clip looks great. In fact, I'd never know you'd "photoshopped" it if I hadn't been in on this discussion. Nice job!

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