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                <div><div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">1. (Optional) Prepare your image for work in Vanishing Point.</h4><p>Before choosing
the Vanishing Point command, do any of the following:</p>
<ul><li><p>To put the results of your Vanishing Point work in a separate
layer, first create a new layer before choosing the Vanishing Point
command. Putting the Vanishing Point results in a separate layer
preserves your original image and you can use the layer opacity
control, styles, and blending modes.</p>
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<li><p>If you plan to clone the content in your image beyond the
boundaries of the current image size, increase the canvas size to
accommodate the additional content. See also <a href="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-763ba.html">Change the canvas size</a></p>
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<li><p>If you plan to paste an item from the Photoshop clipboard
into Vanishing Point, copy the item before choosing the Vanishing
Point command. The copied item can be from a different Photoshop
document. If you’re copying type, select the entire text layer and
then copy to the clipboard. </p>
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<li><p>To confine the Vanishing Point results to specific areas
of your image, either make a selection or add a mask to your image
before choosing the Vanishing Point command. See also <a href="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76fba.html">Select with the marquee tools</a> and <a href="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-76c2a.html">About masks and alpha channels</a>.</p>
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<li><p>To copy something in perspective from one Photoshop document
to another, first copy the item while in Vanishing Point in one
document. When you paste the item in another document while in Vanishing
Point, the item’s perspective is preserved. </p>
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<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">2. Choose Filter&#160;&gt; Vanishing Point.</h4></div>
<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">3. Define the four corner nodes of the plane surface.</h4><p>By default, the Create Plane
tool&#160;<img src="images/create_plane.png" /> is
selected. Click in the preview image to define the corner nodes.
Try to use a rectangle object in the image as a guide when creating
the plane. <div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tr_40" src="images/tr_40.png" /><div class="figdesc">Defining the four corner nodes with the Create Plane tool </div><br /></div></p>
<p>To
tear off additional planes, use the Create Plane tool and Ctrl-drag
(Windows) or Command-drag (Mac&#160;OS) an edge node. <div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="tr_22" src="images/tr_22.png" /><div class="figdesc">Ctrl-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac&#160;OS) an edge
node to tear off a plane.</div><br /></div>For more information,
see <a href="WS0881F900-4F25-4378-9DBD-E4291B2C0D4Da.html">Define and adjust perspective planes in Vanishing Point</a>.</p>
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<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">4. Edit the image.</h4><p>Do
any of the following:</p>
<ul><li><p>Make a selection. Once drawn,
a selection can be cloned, moved, rotated, scaled, filled, or transformed.
For detailed information, see <a href="WS528A3A36-6B71-4142-BD12-D14C21BBD897a.html">About selections in Vanishing Point</a>.</p>
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<li><p>Paste an item from the clipboard. The pasted item becomes
a <dfn class="term">floating selection</dfn>, which conforms to the perspective
of any plane that it’s moved into. For detailed information, see
also <a href="WS239EF88B-6491-4346-A557-33DC99ACAF7Ea.html">Paste an item into Vanishing Point</a>.</p>
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<li><p>Paint with color or sampled pixels. For detailed information,
see <a href="WS73D4C6D5-5DC0-4062-A191-A70AAB1490B3a.html">Paint with a color in Vanishing Point</a> or <a href="WSA374F6F9-08BA-4b92-8F5B-B5D69FBA2A3Da.html">Paint with sampled pixels in Vanishing Point</a>.</p>
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<li><p>Scale, rotate, flip, flop, or move a floating selection.
For detailed information, see <a href="WS528A3A36-6B71-4142-BD12-D14C21BBD897a.html">About selections in Vanishing Point</a>.</p>
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<li><p>Measure an item in a plane. Measurements can be rendered
in Photoshop by choosing Render Measurements To Photoshop from the
Vanishing Point menu. For detailed information, see <a href="WS5C72C172-666B-4232-80E5-32F63D5063AEa.html">Measure in Vanishing Point</a>.</p>
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<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">5. (Photoshop Extended only) Export 3D information and measurements to DXF or 3DS format.</h4><p>Textures
are also exported to 3DS format. For detailed information, see <a href="WSCF2F1F0A-82BB-423d-8C16-856A437D4B96a.html">Export measurements, textures, and 3D information</a>.</p>
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<div class="numbered"><h4 class="sectiontitle">6. Click OK.</h4><p>Grids
can be rendered to Photoshop by choosing Render Grids To Photoshop from
the Vanishing Point menu before you click OK. For detailed information,
see <a href="WS036660F1-E8B6-4993-972C-5B00E6D195ECa.html">Render grids to Photoshop</a>.</p>
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