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Vanishing Point for CS2
Written by: Mike

The new Photoshop cs2 is out so I thought why not write some early tutorials for the ones who have it but maybe don’t really know what the new tool really are about. Well, in this tutorial I will try to explain the function of Vanishing Point as good as I can.





1. Open an image that has a surface you want to have removed. You can of course also work on the image I used.

2. Now the next step would be to open the picture in vanishing point. Now you can either do that by going to Filter > Vanishing Point or by pressing the shortcut command of it (Alt +Ctrl + V).

3. That will open up a new window. This window I called the vanishing point. What you want to do now is to create a plane. You can do that by pressing the ‘Create plane’ button to the left or simple by hitting the “C” button on your keyboard. Done? Now make a plane along the pattern that the brick goes. This allows Photoshop to know what order the brick goes and textures the area we want much more accurate.


Click on the image to view it at its original size

4. Once you are done with that you want to select the Stamp tool by clicking on its button to the left or by hitting the “S” key on your keyboard. Now comes the tricky part, Press and hold the “Alt” key and click on an area on the picture. Make sure you choose a part of the picture that you want to copy the texture FROM. I will choose the brown-yellowish bricks on the lower part of the picture.


Click on the image to view it at its original size

5. Once done select the size of the brush (I chose 100 px). Done choose one to big and neither on that is by far too small. You yourself decide the size according to what you are doing. Alright! Now you have to be careful. Place the mouse cursor (with the texture to be copied displayed) so that it fits in with the other bricks around it. Place it at any point where it blends in naturally. Once done start moving the cursor from left to right. You will see that the target cursor moves to the direction you drag you mouse to. Keep changing the target points from time to time to avoid vanishing point from copying the grey bricks we don’t want.



6. Only you have played around with the bricks some time you should have the result you want. Now you continue and do what ever you want with the picture. Good luck =)

Here is my final result after adding some text. You can make it much better if you spend more time on it.




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[Phate]

awesome job man!

Is it worth buying?

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[Kotik]

After trying CS2 out I dont think its has a very BIG difference as compared to CS(1). But if you are working profesionally, then of course you have some stunning tools that will make good perfect. :p