I'm not sure I understand what you're saying about the second picture. Are you saying it should be rotated a little to get the horizontal lines to run completely parallel to the frame? If so, I agree, but I'm afraid it can't be done without ruining the bottom of the image. You see, I had a bit of an accident while taking this photo, in that I tilted the camera rather badly while pressing the shutter. I've already rotated the image several degrees; if I rotate it one more degree clockwise (as I agree it should), the white space underneath the dates of death will disappear, as indeed will part of the dates themselves. So I've chosen to keep it this way. I agree that a slight rotation would be nice, but since it seems impossible to achieve it without losing parts of the composition which I think should be there, I'm not going to do it. :-)
Correcting the perspective and the barrel distortion? Ha. I think you rather overestimate my Photoshop skills, Sergei. I'm a total Photoshop novice; I can't even create a layer. I'm about to acquire a Photoshop book, though, so with a bit of luck I'll soon learn how to correct perspective and barrel distortion. I'll get back to you. :-)
Alas, I have Photoshop 7 rather than CS2. Which does seem to have the "Distort" function, except that I can't seem to make it work -- I can't click on it. I assume it has something to do with my not making layers, but I haven't the foggiest, really. I'm really not all that familiar with Photoshop. I'll find out how to make these things work when I get my book.
Thanks for your help, though. Much appreciated. :-)
A bit more help, then... 1. Layer > Duplicate layer 2. Filters > Distort > Spherize -1 (minus one, two maybe) 3. Edit > Transform > Distort - then draw the angles to get the right perspective.
That's all? That's all? Seriously, that looks like it might be about the most complicated thing I've ever done in Photoshop...
Thanks for writing out the steps, though. I really appreciate your help. I don't have time to try it right now, but I'll do a little playing around with the photo next week, and I'll show it to you once I'm done. Just give me some time! :-)
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Thanks for your help, though. Much appreciated. :-)
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1. Layer > Duplicate layer
2. Filters > Distort > Spherize -1 (minus one, two maybe)
3. Edit > Transform > Distort - then draw the angles to get the right perspective.
That's all
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Thanks for writing out the steps, though. I really appreciate your help. I don't have time to try it right now, but I'll do a little playing around with the photo next week, and I'll show it to you once I'm done. Just give me some time! :-)
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