
I recommend being mindful of the background when you do any kind of distortions and warping, especially as shown in the second example in the video with the girl on the swing and the cage bars around her. If you haven't quite figured out how to work the Liquify tool to your liking, this updated feature may be the answer for you. In this video, Aaron Nace from Phlearn shows how you can now use the Split Warp feature to divide an image into subsections and warp the smaller area without affecting the rest of the image. Then, I would have to go back and blend in the new section into the rest of the image. The other way I find myself warping a specific area would be to select that region of the image, duplicate, and warp that only. This will merge the points together.One method that may come to mind for many is the Liquify tool, which I would say takes some adjusting and practice to make the brush work the way you want for different situations. Release your mouse when you see two lines highlighted in blue. This time, drag one of the points towards the corner of the grid you created earlier. Pay attention to the grid lines and make sure that they are parallel with any lines on your building.Ĭlick anywhere on the image to create another grid. You can also click on a point and use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move them around. Drag the points on the grid to create a grid that covers the perspective of the building. Once you have the Perspective Warp tool activated, click anywhere to create a grid. Note that your graphics processor must have at least 512 MB of video RAM to use this feature. Make sure that the “Use Graphics Processor” option is enabled. If it’s grayed out, then go to Edit > Preferences > Performance. If you don’t see this, make sure that you have the latest version of Photoshop CC installed. Adjust placement, then duplicate layer, blur, add mask, and adjust opacity. By converting the layer to a Smart Object, we can apply the Perspective Warp nondestructively and go back to edit the settings at any time. Select shadow layer > Edit > Free Transform > Distort. First duplicate your layer by pressing Ctrl/Cmd+J then convert it to a Smart Object by right-clicking on the layer and choosing “Convert to Smart Object”. But thanks to the Perspective Warp tool, we can now fix this without going back there. In hindsight, I should have took it from another angle.

As you can see in this image, the building was photographed at an awkward angle. In this case, we’ll use a building since it’s the simplest example. The primary reason the Perspective Warp tool was created was to allow you to change the perspective of an object.
