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Rebecca32549422ckrc
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September 26, 2023
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Create Parallel Lines Perspective Guidelines

  • September 26, 2023
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Hello. i tried to find it everywherebut i could not.

I would like to greate paralel lines for a perspective work. I dont want to create the point of views, i already have that. I need the paparellel referece. like the image I found below, they use a square for this, but I cannot find how to add it.

I only can find how to wrap an existing image.

In my case, I will draw a building, so i need to have a notion the distance I will put the windows, etc

The measurement tool is very useless for that.

And i only find this option on old photoshop versions, nothing on the new ones

 

I also tried to twick the rectangle tool, but I cannot create subdivisions on it. 

if someone could help it would be awesome.

 

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    Trevor.Dennis
    Trevor.Dennis
    Adobe Expert
    September 27, 2023

    The Vanishing Point filter overlays a perspective grid, but only while using the filter. I don't know how you could use it to imprint the grid onto a separate layer. In fact I doubt that it would be possible.

     

    You could create a square/rectangular grid, and use Free Transform > Perspective.  That would work.

    This is 2000 x 1500 pixels and took me a couple of minutes to produce. 

    OK, that's not working so well as Free Transform makes the expanded lines fatter and blured despite them being vector.  Does anyone know a way round that?

     

     

     

     

    What I use for Perspective is Lazy Nezumi Pro's Vanishing Lines preset.  It gives you up to six axis that you align with an image's perspective, which takes just a few minutes. Then you can lock a line on any of the perspectives and draw it.

    https://lazynezumi.com/vanishingLines

     

    LNP has a ton of useful presets, and is my favourite Photoshop add on.  It works with most drawing apps though.

     

     

      jane-e
      jane-e
      Adobe Expert
      September 27, 2023

      @Rebecca32549422ckrc 

       

      As Trevor says, Photoshop does not have angled guides. I can't use Lazy Nezumi because it is Windows only, so I use Illustrator.

       

      I either work in Illustrator completely or as a work-around I create paths there with the Pen tool or Blend, then convert them to guides. If I must work in Photoshop, I copy and paste the paths from AI to PS and lock the layer.

       

      Jane

      Trevor.Dennis
      Trevor.Dennis
      Adobe Expert
      September 27, 2023

      That's exactly what Bert Monroy does Jane, as well as his three point work path trick, which is closer to the way LNP works.

       

      Bert places the first and third point at significant positions relative to the image perspective, with the second point in an arbitrary position somewhere close to the vanishing point. With all three point in position, he can move the centre point to the exact right location.  He can then move the end points to where he needs to draw a line, and maybe stroke the path on a dedicated layer at the top of the stack with a one or two pixel fully hard brush preset.  He can use that layer as a guide, or use the stroked path to create finished perspective lines.  To make it easier to trim that line to length, he might initially place it on a new layer > trim it > and merge it.

       

      But with his Times Square illustration he used Illustrator to produce guides for where the shadows and reflections should fall, and moved them to Photoshop.

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