perspective look photo

**darkdill** · 20 April 2006, 03:52 AM

Hi Guys,

Can i use xara to create a perspective looking photo using a normal photo eg:

simply said that I have a photo of a man standing normally but I want to create it using xara so that it appear that I'm taking the photo from a different perspective. i enclose an example.

can I create that using xara?

thank you in advance

**jamesmc** · 20 April 2006, 04:47 AM

Like this or?

**darkdill** · 20 April 2006, 05:18 AM

Hi james,

i think you misunderstand me i have this photo;

attached ( the man is standing with the normal perspective - the man with the globe) I want to change the photo to other perspective (to make it seems like the picture was taken using the upper perspective such as the second photo -the man wearing glasses).

It just creating the impression like I'm taking the picture from above of the mans' head.

**Jon G** · 20 April 2006, 05:28 AM

Hi,

I'm afraid that is impossible, no graphics program can do that.

The problem is that the original is two dimensional, and therefore it does not contain the image information needed to create the view from another perspective.

You need another photo, sorry.

**jamesmc** · 20 April 2006, 05:57 AM

I can do that, but only UVmapping the photo texture on a 3D model. Then I can rotate the model into any perspective I want. The 3D models pictured aren't texture with a particular photo but illustrate the need for 3D programs to do such a thing.

I don't recall what they were called, something 'scopes' maybe someone will remember them. But you could take several images that were transparent or translucent; stack them strategically in a light box arrangement and make them appear three dimensional. And when viewed by moving the light around, it appeared to move in different perspectives.

This would be darn difficult to do in 2D, but I suppose it could be done. I just have no clue how.

**darkdill** · 20 April 2006, 06:14 AM

hmmm,

quite hard then.....

ok, how can I change a rectangle into another shape such as a v shape object? may be I can use that method and apply to the picture.... but of course it still going to be a 2d kinda photo and it will not be realistic... but i just want to make some experiment with it.

thanks

**stratocast** · 20 April 2006, 10:05 AM

You can use the Mould Tool (Shift+F6) directly on a bitmap, but I don't think it's going to give you what you want.

**parahandy** · 20 April 2006, 10:37 AM

I was trying the mold tool before your advice came on the screen Stratocast
(great minds think alike eh!? ) my resulting picture was the best I could do with it plus a bit of cutting and pasting, the original picture was lacking in anti alias so was a bit ragged, anyway that was my effort using mold tool.