#Photoshop vanishing point measure tool windows#

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I have tried a number of different types of artwork.ĭue to the nature of this particular project, I can probably get away with just skewing the image, but am very irritated that I can't execute this technique properly since it appears so straightforward.Īny guidance would be much appreciated. Ctrl+drag a selection to fill the area with the source image.' Try as I click, I can't put anything there. Alt+drag a selection to copy an area to a new destination. After that nothing happens, the info panel at the top reads: 'Click+drag in a plane to select an area on that plane. Instead of pasting, I see this:īig, fat nothing.

I CTRL-V to paste my artwork from the clipboard.

Now I formally enter vanishing point mode the blue grid above is, by default, selected.

Before Vanishing Point: Create a new, empty layer that I intend to paste the artwork into.

Before Vanishing Point: Copy the artwork to my clipboard.

Here is the sequence of key-presses & clicks that I have taken. Here is the image along with the blue-grid vanishing point buildout: In this project, I am mocking up some new artwork onto one of our walls.

#Photoshop vanishing point measure tool windows#

I'm on 64-bit Windows via a Dell Core i5 2.8Ghz w/32GB of RAM. At least I brought pictures.įirst, the technical stuff: I'm using (an up-to-date) Photoshop CC 2018. I found a number of threads in this forum by people with this issue, but none of the solutions have helped me at all.