Architecture

[flamin lib]

Historic courthouse in Victoria, TX.

Before perspective correction


After perspective correction


You have to leave room around the building to use perspective correction. I tend to crop the image too tight, trying to use every single pixel but with 16-20 mpixels it's not necessary. Anything over 5 mpixels is braggin rights for the camera maker.

[cntrygrl]

1. Beautiful! I love old buildings and historical places, n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Nice!

Sometimes I correct perspective when going wide and sometimes not. There are times when I kind of like that distorted look.

[flamin lib]

3. Its either/or.

If your not going to correct perspective, exaggerate it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Very nice, my dear flamin lib!

Is perspective correction a function of Photoshop? I'm not sure, but I don't think any of my Photoshop applications have that. But I haven't explored them fully, so I could have missed it.

I love the building and what you did with it!

[flamin lib]

6. It may be listed under "effects" and geometric.

I use Corel paint shop and am not conversant in PS. What it does is shrink one side of the image and then you crop the picture back to a rectangle, hence the need to leave room around the subject. If you find it be sure to use the grid overlay for reference.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Thanks for the info!

[csziggy]

9. CP in Photoshop it's called transform and is under the Edit menu

There are "transform" and "free transform" tools and I really don't know very well how to use them. I've played with the tools to straighten photos of needlework - a very simple task since the edges are usually very linear and I'm just dragging one corner to get it squared.

I'm sure somewhere on the internet is a wonderful tutorial on how to properly use the transform tools!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Thanks! Some day when I feel extra competent, I'll give it a try. n/t

[CrispyQ]

5. It certainly looks Victorian!

I'll bet the inside is fab, too!!

[flamin lib]

8. Couldn't get inside. Its now a privately owned building. Not sure of the function but it is

adjacent to the new county court house, a 50's vintage concrete monolith.

[handmade34]

11. nice job!

and nice Courthouse... thought it looked familiar; I took a photo when I was working in Cuero a few years back

[Silent3]

12. Makes me think of this...

[flamin lib]

13. HA!! Gotta love it! nt