It may take a couple of tries, but stick with it and you'll get it right. If that happens, undo the crop by pressing Ctrl+Z (Win) / Command+Z (Mac) on your keyboard and then try again. After you've applied the crop, you may find that your image still looks a bit 'wonky' (technical term), and that's because the angles of your grid lines didn't quite match up with your subject. One problem with the Perspective Crop Tool is that it's not an exact science. The hotel is no longer leaning backwards. In fact, everything in this photo seems to be tilting inward towards some imaginary center point high above the image: And the smaller building to the left of the hotel also looks like it's leaning backwards. Because the photo was shot from the ground and looking up at the hotel, the building seems to be leaning back as it rises upward, making the top look more narrow than the bottom. Here's a photo I've opened in Photoshop that has some issues with perspective. I'll be using Photoshop CC here but CS6 users can also follow along.ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF! A little perspective on the problem And in this tutorial, I'll show you how it works!Īdobe first added the Perspective Crop Tool in Photoshop CS6. To fix the perspective, and crop the image at the same time, we can use Photoshop's Perspective Crop Tool. This means that, rather than the edges of our subject looking straight and perpendicular, they look as if they're leaning back or tilting inward towards the horizon. Whenever we photograph our subject on an angle, we get what's called keystone distortion, or keystoning.

Photoshop cc perspective grid plugin