Posts tagged "Vanishing Point"

January 1, 2010

Exporting from Vanishing Point

There are additional options within Vanishing Point such as Returning a 3D layer to Photoshop and Exporting the grid to After Effects (accessed using the small drop down menu next to the Edit Plane tool). Plus:
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + E will export to a DFX file (Photoshop Extended only)
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + Shift +E will export to a 3DS file (Photoshop Extended only)
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + Shift + H to hide measurements (Photoshop Extended only).

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December 31, 2009

The Marquee Tool (in Vanishing Point)

Use the left, right, up, down arrow keys to nudge the marquee selection 1 pixel at a time (add the Shift key to move 10 pixels).
Double click to expand the marquee to fill the editing plane.
Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) -drag a selection to create a floating selection.
Tap the Backspace or Delete key to delete a floating selection.
Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) -drag outside of a floating selection to rotate the selection.

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December 30, 2009

Creating a Perspective Grid

You can use the Create Plane tool in Vanishing Point to create a perspective grid. Then, use the small drop down menu next to the Edit Plane tool to select Render Grids to Photoshop. While creating the perspective grid, holding down the X key and clicking in the image temporarily zooms the clicked location to 2x.

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December 29, 2009

The Create Plane Tool (C)

Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + Period (.) deletes last point set with the Plane Creation Tool. (Delete (Mac) / Backspace (Win) also works.)
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) -drag the middle anchor point of a plane to create a perpendicular plane.
Option (Mac) / Alt (Win) -drag the middle anchor of a plane to change the angle of a plane to it’s parent.
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) with a plane selected, selects the plane underneath it.

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December 28, 2009

Vanishing Point

Since I know that a lot of folks have yet to discover the power of Vanishing point, I have to suggest that you give it a spin. It’s an essential tool for anyone that’s trying to clone, paint, copy or paste in perspective! To start this weeks shortcuts (that all focus on Vanishing Point), I’ll begin with the ones that mimic Photoshop “proper”.
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + Z to undo (add the Shift key to Redo).
[ or ] to decrease/increase brush size (add the Shift key to decrease/increase brush hardness).
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + 0 or double-click the Zoom tool to Fit in View
Double-click the Zoom tool to zoom to center at 100%
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + C to Copy, V to paste. (Vanishing point can paste information that’s on the clipboard).
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + D to deselect marquee selection.
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + H to hide selection and surfaces.
Shift during drag operations constrains on and across multiple surfaces.
Command (Mac) / Control (Win) + Shift + T to repeat the last duplicate and move operation.

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