7 Replies Latest reply on Apr 21, 2014 5:47 AM by nigelinspain

distort and perspective are greyed out in photoshop cs2

nigelinspain Apr 21, 2014 3:27 AM

I have placed a photo in a layer and I want to use distort through Edit - Transform, but it is greyed out. I have checked the image I am using and it is saved in RGB 8-bit.

I can scew and warp the picture but I cannot distort it.

See attached image

What is it I have to do to be able to distort this image that is placed into a layer so that it will fit over a template I am using?

Thanks

Nigelinspain

1. Re: distort and perspective are greyed out in photoshop cs2

c.pfaffenbichler Apr 21, 2014 3:35 AM (in response to nigelinspain)

Is the Layer in question a Vector Smart Object?
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2. Re: distort and perspective are greyed out in photoshop cs2

nigelinspain Apr 21, 2014 3:47 AM (in response to c.pfaffenbichler)

No it is a jpg image.
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3. Re: distort and perspective are greyed out in photoshop cs2

Trevor.Dennis Apr 21, 2014 3:52 AM (in response to nigelinspain)

The diagonal lines show that it is being 'Placed' which means that at that stage, it is a Smart Object. Free Transform is limited with SOs, so you need to Rasterise the layer to have full FT functionality.
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4. Re: distort and perspective are greyed out in photoshop cs2

c.pfaffenbichler Apr 21, 2014 3:53 AM (in response to nigelinspain)

Do the Keyboars Shortcut work (cmd-click-and-dragging a handle for Distort, so on Windows probably ctrl)?
Could you please post a screenshot prior to invoking Transform with the Layers Panel visible?
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5. Re: distort and perspective are greyed out in photoshop cs2

c.pfaffenbichler Apr 21, 2014 3:54 AM (in response to Trevor.Dennis)

Free Transform is limited with SOs, so you need to Rasterise the layer to have full FT functionality.
Ah, didn’t remember that that had changed since CS2.
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6. Re: distort and perspective are greyed out in photoshop cs2

nigelinspain Apr 21, 2014 4:13 AM (in response to nigelinspain)

Ok, I think I have sorted it. If I place the image into a new layer and then Rastorize the layer I can then go to Edit - Transform and the Distort and Perspective are now usable.

Phew - that´s got that problem sorted out, now if I could only sort out the economy!
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7. Re: distort and perspective are greyed out in photoshop cs2

nigelinspain Apr 21, 2014 5:47 AM (in response to nigelinspain)

Thanks for all your help anyway guys - it is much appreciated.

Nigel
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