How to Fix Perspective in Affinity Photo

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In this tutorial, I'll show you how to fix perspective in Affinity Photo. After this video, you can say goodbye to distorted images! 😄

[@extremelydave]

Using the mesh/perspective tool has saved many a photo!!!!!

[@joeldcanfield_spinhead]

I use the perspective tool all day every day. One thing I do differently is that I always pull the wide parts inward to the narrow parts, so I'm not artificially stretching the image's resolution. It's usually not a problem either way, but it's an easy problem to avoid.
I wish Photo had the option Photoshop has, to link the two handles so you could move both at the same time. Often the perspective skew is more or less even, so I could grab one handle and move both inward the same distance, toward each other. Much easier than the tug-of-war you mention.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Good tip! Thanks for sharing! :)

[@jackgill2501]

Good morning Ally!
Thank you for sharing this tutorial with us; take care and have a great week!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! I hope you have a great week too. 😊

[@martingdiazrealtor]

You amazed me with your tutorials. Straight to the point
Thanks again!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you Martin! 😊

[@PracticalAffinity]

Nice. It's a very simple way to make a subtle improvement. Good job.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@bikedad57]

That is so simple! Thank you for that. I often have to deal with this issue.

[@AffinityRevolution]

My pleasure! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@mikerisner]

Thanks for the reminder about the Perspective tool! I don't use this one hardly enough 🙂

[@AffinityRevolution]

My pleasure! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@notanothershrubbery]

I used to use this method but found the vertical adjust tool in the Develop persona maintains the proper scale. If you reduce the scale first in Develop you can retain more of the width.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Oh cool, thanks for the tip!

[@chrissutton4256]

Thanks Ally; another really useful video.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@MK-ni6gs]

Excellent tutorial!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! 😊

[@ChrisB257]

Thanks Ally - I've used this from time to time but nice to see the 'mentor' demonstrating. :)

[@AffinityRevolution]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching :)

[@TudorSmith]

Thank you. That was a great help!

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@richardmale3191]

Thank you very much for the clip and the demonstration. If I may make a suggestion: the interior example you showed works very well. But if I was doing the tall building example I'd have a left a little bit of a taper on both sides towards the top of the building - eyeballing it to make the decreased taper more or less equal equal on both sides - rather than making both sides perfectly vertical. I think that would look more natural. What do you think?

[@AffinityRevolution]

I think that would look nice! Good tip. 😊

[@lukewest2510]

That's so easy! Thanks Ally!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@keithwjones]

Great tutorial. Thank you.

[@AffinityRevolution]

My pleasure! Glad you liked it. 😊

[@MLouisevg]

Thank you!

[@AffinityRevolution]

You're welcome! Glad you liked the video. 😊

[@seecraig]

Great since I'm considering getting into real estate photography and every once in a while the camera isn't set up perfectly if you're moving quickly.
Sticking with real estate photography can you do a tutorial on adjusted bracketed (3 brackets ideally) photography?

[@AffinityRevolution]

Good idea! I'll add that to my list of future videos to make.

[@tavinhoverissimoo]

Amazing!!!

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thank you!! 🤗

[@paulcooper9335]

In the final step, when stretching the picture to correct the height, I would add some blank space above first, using the Crop Tool, so that you don't loose any of the picture.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Good tip! Thanks! :)

[@itowmyhome797]

thank you

[@AffinityRevolution]

My pleasure :)

[@allonwne]

Thanks Ally

[@AffinityRevolution]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching. 😊

[@lesismodi]

Can you do a tutorial with perspective or scaling on backround replacement, like maybe for a couch in a room or put a car inside a garage? Id love to see that

[@AffinityRevolution]

Nice idea, I like it!

[@caspiansfriend]

Thanks! I had no idea that this tool exists. And, I will say that the interior photo looks perfect to me. No distortion. The building, however... I could myself tweaking and tweaking that one until it finally has no signs of stretching or distortion. It looks like with this tool that it depends a bit on the nature of the photo as to whether or not the "after" looks odd or distorted.

[@AffinityRevolution]

True, this tool definitely needs to be finessed differently depending on the photo.

[@dronevideographyproduction]

Another great tutorial! 🙌 I was wondering if you can use this tool to straighten the distortion from a wide angle picture like I often get on my GoPro camera. I wish there was more nodes to modify the center of the image. Is there a better tool for this kind of pictures? Thanks! 🙏

[@AffinityRevolution]

I recommend you use the Develop persona for that. You can use the Develop persona on RAW or JPEG photos. Here is a video on what tool to use in the persona: th-cam.com/video/JcoGbAIYbro/w-d-xo.htmlsi=WIVHQdzBPExlncsS
I hope that helps! 😊

[@dronevideographyproduction]

@@AffinityRevolution Thank you so much! Exactly what I was looking for... You are the best! 👏

[@montanadivacreations9267]

If you want to cash in on making money with your Courses.. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make a course on creating a Children's picture book for KDP. Fun Layouts, with fun Text and Typography along with text around images, to make books stand out. I can't FIND ANY current courses on this topic and I bet you would have 1,000 sign ups in short order. I don't understand WHY so few people have videos on this topic and sadly most of those are 4 years old. Just putting in my two cents.. your videos are great.. I would totally buy a course on book layout.. you can make ONE course for kids books.. or make a bigger course, covering layout in general from Picture books. to Recipe books to Planners, and layout in general.
Also how to use the Photo and Designer Personas within Publisher if we are making a picture book would be handy to know too.

[@AffinityRevolution]

Thanks for the idea! 😊

[@georgetorres8980]

👍

[@AffinityRevolution]

😄

[@sotelovisuals]

I wish it'd allow to do perspective like Capture One.
But this will do...

[@ItunuApata-f4t]

Hello Coach I do not understand your course fully well, would you be free to discuss it or schedule a time at your convenience.

[@EsseCi5]

thank you

[@AffinityRevolution]

My pleasure :)