3D transform tool

[DDMMDDMM]

I am tutoring someone who is using PhotoShop Elements 2 on WIN XP Home. She wants to bend photos around a cylindrical surface for a project she has in mind. The filter > Render > 3D Transform seems to randomly stop working. I've re-installed the plugins, and someone else re-installed the entire PSE 2 program.

Would appreciate insight as to what might be going on.

Thanks,
Deb

[MikeH]

Deb,

You could try deleting the preferences file...

Hold down the CTRL, ALT and SHIFT keys together, click on the Elements start up icon. Keep holding these keys until a windows comes up asking if you want to delete Settings, select Yes.

You can also use the shear filter to bend images and text around cylinders... :wink:

Mike

[Wendy]

Deb,

3D Transform is not the easiest thing to use .. it can give somewhat unexpected results and sometimes it does look as if it hasn't done anything at all.

Try Filter>Distort>Shear (as Mike suggested) it is much easier to control. One thing about it that it will only bend things in one direction so as a workaround you have to rotate the layer prior to using it ... then again after you have used it.


Wendy

[kev1e]

Simple but effect tutorial making a snowman using the 3d transform

http://www.kromefx.com/index.php?page=vt&id=48


:wink: