You probably all know this problem of distorsion of vertical lines when shooting buildings, churches, houses, etc... I know that we can find some special lens to correct this and have a perfect perspective. But I don't have this professional stuff so I tried to play with my favorite software. But I'm not sure... Do you think that second picture is better than first one or should I keep the original shot? Thanks for your feedback. Have a good day/evening/night/morning...

There's a real nifty tutorial on perspective correction in the Resource Center. [I can never make links work to these internal pages...]

Hmmm... Okay, I gonna try to see if I can find it... Thanx!

@Misha883:
OK, I've just read your tutorial which is there!.

What I have to say about it is:

• BRAVISSIMO!!! You've got a real teacher talent and your style is excellent.
• Thanks a lot, also, if I finally decide to move to photoShop one day, I'll know where to find a good help.
• BUT... What I saw there reinforced my conviction that I made the good choice when I chose photoFiltre as my favorite picture editor... My God, I just needed on or 2 clicks + a drag and a final click to get the result I show there!!! It seems that the photoShop's designers are real software engineers, no doubt about that! lol!
• I also get the feeling that you didn't really understand my request. From what I've seen, I think I'm able to do this correction, don't need a tutorial, just an advice... I just want to know if the corrected picture seems better than the original one... No more.

But, anyway, thanks again!

From the classical architectural viewpoint the image perspective has been corrected beautifully and is superior to the uncorrected version - much more direct and considerably less expensive than a view camera. And, I agree with your choice of software :-)

Message edited on: 08/25/2005 09:01

Hehe! Yes, I know you agree! lol... I don't pretend that I'll never change my mind. Maybe one day, I'll be unhappy with the limitations of photoFiltre... maybe... But it seems that I'm far to this statement, today... And just think about the price!!! Anyway, thanks to you for your opinion!

I actually think both of them have a place. Perspctive give me the feeling of "wow so big and majestic" Straightedn one is a typical shot. Good in ways to just show off the building.But I have always liked perspective.

Hmmm... So I guess you perfectly get my questionning, Doug... That's exactly why I'm hesitating. Well, if you're like me (hesitating), the winner, at the moment, is the corrected picture. score 3-2! Have a good whatever... (day, I assume, you're on the other side of the ocean, aren't you?)

Actually the typical shot is the angled buiding image while the corrected version is the atypical:) I prefer the straightened version so I would like to know what the 2 clicks are as I use from your recommondation, Photo Filtre.

Ok! I'll probably won't have time today (gotta go in 30 mn!) but I'll explain to you how to do this. (very easy). Cheer!

hiya PP! the corrected version for me too!!! (#2) & a recommendation for PaintShopPro! which also has perspective correction with a couple of clicks & inexpensive too! :]

I would have thought the top image was just fine without having seen the second. There is my answer for ya! ;]

I would have thought the first perspective to be fine until I viewed the corrected version. Where exactly did you get the Photofiltre program Pimbotin? Brenda :)

Hmmm... Ok, I think we can close this votation. Except for Doug and myself, it seems obvious that I should keep the corrected one and that's what I gonna do!

@hotracer2: sorry, I installed photFiltre in the froggies' language but here are the 5 steps of what I did:

-first, add an empty area on the side of the picture where you have to drag...
-Select the entire picture
-Click on the contextual menu (right click) on "transformation-->distorsion"
-Drag the upper left corner
-Clik on "valid"

And that's it!

@Nilla: you can find that stuff at photoFiltre.com.

Thanks a lot to all of you!

I was going to suggest Paint shop pro 8 and later but Cynlee beat me to it. 2# is the better version IMO but sometimes I feel that the distorted images work too.

i also prefer the 2nd one. :)

I blame modern shoddy workmanship and refuse to correct their errors. Phidias in the 5th century BC was putting up buildings with the correct perspective when viewed from the ground. He curved the foundations so they looked correct when viewed. Of course he was building temples for the Gods. An example being the Parthenon in Athens.

The final version of this picture (with a huuuge postwork done on it) is now ready for uploading. So, it may be time to close that discussion! Can you tell me how to disable this thread, Doug, Cyn? Is that possible?

not without locking the thread just don't open the next ebot you receive on this thread pp & you will no longer get any more i imagine after saying that.. should be it anyways.. :]

??? I don't get what you say... As far as I know, there isn't any acknowledge mechanism which informs RR ebots system that I read their message... Is it?? Anyway, I've just noticed the "Notify" checkbox, 6cm (2inches, gringos!!) below what I'm writing, right now... I gonna use it... Thanks, again, to all of you! Cheers!!...

I think photoshop cs 2 has something for this.

@Cyn: it seems that this "Notify" checkbox has no effect! I still get notifications... Do you know something about that?

i didn't think that worked... sorry pp... :/ just don't click the link sent to you when you see it's a reply to this thread & you won't get anymore from here if you're reading this... then you clicked on it! hehehe :] if it makes you feel any better.. this format will be changed soon!!