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Quick Tip: Adjusting The Verticalsby Alex Hogrefe | Aug 27, 2011 | Final Moves | 3 Comments

As I get more into photography, I find more and more things that overlap into architecture illustrations. Onething that I never thought about in school when creating illustrations was the idea of avoiding convergingvertical lines. Obviously, this isnt the case for all views and illustrations, but there are times when making thisadjustment can add a bit of realism and clarity to the composition. Its a common tweak used in architecturalphotography and I find myself applying it to my illustrations more often.

Below, I have shown the original illustration with guides showing how the vertical lines angle inward and wouldeventually converge if they were to be extended.

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If your using Sketchup, there is a setting that can be change to get the vertical elements straight up and down.Just choose Camera at the top of the UI and select two-point perspective.

Sometimes, the adjustment needs to be made after things have been rendered and post processed. Theeasiest way I have found to do this in Photoshop is as follows:

1. To unlock the background layer, right click on the layer and choose Layer from Background. You could alsoduplicate the layer that way you keep the original.

2. If your rulers are not turned on, go to view and select Rulers. Click on the rulers with the move tool andDrag to the right to create guides. These will act as a reference to align the image verticals to.

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3. Choose Edit at the top and select Transform> Perspective.

4. Click the grips in the corners and drag until the vertical elements in the image are parallel with the guides.



Pretty simple. Now the image is less distorted and probably more accurate to what it would look like if youwhere looking at the real thing.

If your wondering how this illustration was constructed,

The CLAY MODEL TUTORIAL was used for the base image

The PHOTOSHOP GRASS TUTORIAL was used for the grass

I also used the GRUNGE TUTORIAL and the COLOR OVERLAY TUTORIAL.

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Chelsea 3 years agoGreat tutorial! Another tool in Photoshop to do this edit with more precision is Lens Correction.(Filter>Distort>Lens Correction). The tool gives you precise correction, plus separated horizontaland vertical edits with guidelines (among many other tweaks).

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Alex Hogrefe 3 years ago@Chelsea,Wow, did not know that. Thanks for the comment. I will check that out

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Javier Diaz 3 years agoGreat tip as always!, thanks for sharing.

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