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daniellieske
daniellieske
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January 16, 2014
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Perspective Warp Option greyed out

  • January 16, 2014
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I'm eager to try out the new perspective warp feature of the latest Photoshop update but the point is greyed out in the menue and I can't figure out how to activate it ("use graphic processor" is turned on in the preferences). I have tried it with a merged image file, with a seperate layer active, with a selection active - no luck.

Does anyone else have this problem? 

    Correct answer rdllngr

    In the Edit menu (Alt + E) > Puppet Warp or Perspective Warp.

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    Vika5C73
    Participant
    July 28, 2022

    STILL DOES NOT WORKING!! HELP PLEASE

     

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    Lorraine Mc
    Inspiring
    November 24, 2020

    Tried every single one of these suggesions and none worked. This is an expensive suite of products. This should work.

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      JohnnyEager
      Participant
      October 27, 2021

      It's an absolute f_ucking joke that we pay so much for this garbage suite. 

       

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      rdllngr
      Participating Frequently
      August 12, 2020

      Sometimes it happens to me. The solution that works for me in Photoshop CC 2020 is extremely simple and stupid: you need to TURN OFF the Extras in the View menu > Extras (Ctrl + H). After that, enable Puppet / Perspective Warp and TURN ON the Extras again to see the handles or mesh. I have no idea what makes this happen, but I believe it is a bug.

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        Jeremiah_MPB
        Participant
        June 4, 2021

        Where did you enable Puppet and Perspective Warp before turning extras back on?

         

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        rdllngrCorrect answer
        Participating Frequently
        June 4, 2021

        In the Edit menu (Alt + E) > Puppet Warp or Perspective Warp.

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          Anonymous
          June 18, 2016

          This worked a treat for me, thanks.

          Photospark

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          doclico
          Participant
          January 18, 2016

          If you have any layers LINKED, the WARP option will be grayed out. It took me a long time to figure this out, b/c you can transform layers all the other ways if linked. Hope this helps someone!

          RayStaar
          RayStaar
          Participant
          July 20, 2015

          Yesterday, perspective warp was functioning. Today it isn't. I've tried every suggestion on this thread but nothing has worked. I'm running PS CC 2015 on a new Dell Inspiron. The OS is Windows 8.1. I've allocated 60% of vram to PS, the Graphics Processor box is checked and my graphics card is Intel HD Graphics 4400. Still nothing. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

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            rachelsing
            Participant
            June 11, 2015

            Someone just gave me another solution that worked. Turn the layer into a smart object. (I tried that and it didn't work.) Then turn the smart object into a smart object. That worked for me.

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              susief18086447
              Participant
              December 7, 2016

              None of the other solutions worked for me even with more than enough VRAM and settings checked, 8 bit image... but doing the smart object twice WORKED!!! Thank you!!! This is has to be a bug in Photoshop.

              encarta
              encarta
              Participant
              November 2, 2014

              I was only just using it yesterday for the same image types using the exact same laptop, etc. and now today it's greyed out.
              In relation to other peoples posts about the graphic processing, I'm wondering if it's because yesterday I had my laptop plugged into mains, and right now it's not (my settings change CPU usage, etc. when running only off battery).
              I just tried plugging it back in, but to no avail; restarting PS while plugged in - ditto; then looked back in my preferences and found some of the graphics settings switched off - maybe it turns them off automatically when starting PS whilst unplugged?
              Switched them back on, restarted PS and everything's fine again.

              Jeff Arola
              Community Expert
              Jeff ArolaCommunity Expert
              Community Expert
              January 16, 2014

              I had the same problem on my mac, so i looked at the Advanced Settings under Use Graphics Processor

              and had to enable Use Graphics Processor to Accelerate Computation and then Perspective Warp worked.

              Restart photoshop after changing those settings.

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                Julie McLeod
                Participating Frequently
                January 16, 2014

                Enabling Use Graphics Processor to Accelerate Computation didn't work for me.  I'm wondering if Perspective Warp is a feature that requires a higher spec graphics card.  I haven't seen any reference to that in any of the release info for 14.2.  (My graphics card has only 256 gb onboard ram)

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                  Julie McLeod
                  Participating Frequently
                  January 16, 2014

                  Yes, i believe you need to have at least 512 mb of vram for all the advanced gpu features like perspective warp to work.

                  Actually 512 mb of vram has always been the minimium requirement for photoshop cc, although some of the gpu features still work with only 256.

                  more info:

                  https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/perspective-warp.html

                  https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cs6-gpu-faq1.html


                  Actually, it turned out the problem I was having related to the image mode.  Evidently, Perspective Warp only works on 8-bit images and the menu option is grayed out for 16-bit images.  Once I changed the images to 8-bit, Perspective Warp works fine. 

                  Thanks for the input. 

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