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Stix_Hart
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February 6, 2012
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How to add Perspective in InDesign... even if it's rough!

  • February 6, 2012
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I find myself doing heaps of putting logos on garments for concepts/proofs these days.  I know if you want to get it perfect you use PhotoShop, I don't want to get it perfect, I want to do it fast and that means using InDesign!  This is an example:

On ths one I could just about crop it off and it'd look OK, often though I want to compress one end to give it perspective, sort of like this but with the content of the frame (which is typically a placed PDF BTW) being compressed too:

Any tips?  If InDesign can't do it would Illustrator (which I very rarely use and don't know much about) be faster than PhotoShop?  Much much much rather do it in InDesign somehow...  I know about the Free Transform Tool but that only combines rotation with shear, which is not what I want in this instance, although I do use it as well.

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    Steve Werner
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2012

    This is the case where it's better to use another tool. Try the Perspective tool introduced in Illustrator CS5.

    Stix_Hart
    Stix_HartAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 6, 2012

    Hmm, I was worried that was going to be the answer.  My Illustrator version is only CS3, so I'll have to keep on using PhotoShop for now.

    Jongware
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    February 6, 2012

    Gosh, it has been a few years since this post: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/464428

    "Perspective" requires a similar approach -- it'll not yield anything like real persperctive, but a simpler variation that just compresses the text left-to-right. If that's rough enough for you,  shall I take a look if it can be done in ID?

    Petteri_Paananen
    Inspiring
    February 6, 2012

    Unfortunately you won´t find a deasent perspective tool from InDesign, Illustrator has much more potential in that area....

    But... I think you could handle that kind of small perspective adjustment with shear tool....