Hi there, this is Unmesh from PiXimperfect.
And today I'm going to share with you a super simple trick to make buildings look taller,
much taller with Photoshop.
Now, before we get into it, we need to understand the concept behind it.
You see, things look taller when we get close to it and capture it with a wide angle lens
as opposed to a telephoto lens.
And here's a demonstration to show that.
So have a look at this 3D cylinder, right.
Now, let me change the lens to, let's say, a 200 mm telephoto lens.
So I'm just going to go here and change the FOV to 200, and right here it says 'mm lens'.
Now, we're going to take this tool right there and slide the camera back.
Hold the Shift key and I'm just going to slide the camera back.
Have a look.
This side of the cylinder is pretty much equal to this side of the cylinder, right?
Because this is a telephoto lens.
The length of the cylinder is the same.
Right now if we change the FOV to a wide angle lens, let's say an 8 mm or 12 mm, so let's
change it to 8 mm lens.
Okay, now let's get closer by holding the Shift key with this tool right there.
I'm just gonna drag it down.
Now have a look, it's the same cylinder, but it looks much taller, way taller.
Why?
Because this side of the cylinder is smaller and this side of the cylinder is way larger
than that.
A lot of ways but you get the point.
So to make things look taller, to make things look as if it was taken with a wide angle
lens, you need to make the things which are closer to you bigger, or make the things which
is further away from you smaller, but maintaining the perspective.
And this is how to do it with buildings.
So first of all, we need to explain the three dimensions of this building to Photoshop,
and to be able to do that we need to go to Edit.
But wait, before we do any of that, we always need to have a backup.
And we need the ability to change the settings later.
To do that, with the Background layer selected, press Ctrl or Command + J to make a duplicate.
And you can name this, you know, Transformed, or whatever you like.
Now, let's go to Filter and then Convert for Smart Filters and hit OK so that we can change
the perspective later.
Now, let's go to Edit and then Perspective Warp.
The first part of Perspective Warp is telling Photoshop, explaining Photoshop how the perspective
of the image is, or explaining the three dimensions of the building or the object.
I'm just going to draw a rectangle right in there and just control the four points and
take it to the four points of the building.
So, we're going to put it right there.
Similarly, we're going to put this one right here.
Now we can have a little bit of gap because this is a little oozed out.
No problem.
So we will have a little gap.
Make sure we're maintaining the perspective a little bit.
Let's stop right there.
Now similarly, we will follow that line and keep it in the middle, just like so.
Let's go up, make sure everything is lined up properly.
I'm doing it pretty fast.
You can take your time and just make sure every pixel is matching.
Now let's draw the second rectangle for the other side.
So as soon as you draw the rectangle, one side will highlight which means that they
can snap together, join together.
Release that and it just joins.
Let's just go ahead and do it with this side as well.
And if something doesn't work, don't worry we can always get back.
So, let's do it from this side as well.
Let's have a look.
It works perfectly.
Now that we have explained the three dimensional structure of the building to Photoshop, we
can directly go here to Warp.
Now, once you go to Warp, you can actually change it any way you want.
In order to make it look taller, we need to make the areas which are further away, smaller,
right?
So let's bring it closer just like that.
Don't worry about the sky.
We can take care of that later.
And right there.
Look how to tall this looks at the moment.
Amazing!
Don't go too extreme.
You might feel like going a little bit too extreme, but you can leave it at that.
Now, there is a problem right there.
Part of this area did not move properly.
So what do we do?
We go back to the layout, okay.
And then we need to make sure that all of it is covered so that it doesn't get weird.
Here we might have to make some estimates.
So I'm just going to drag it down all the way to the bottom and make sure that the 3D
structure is maintained.
There we are.
Here as well, all the way to the bottom.
Okay, now that looks nice.
Now we can get back to Warp.
And now it looks even better.
Now there are a little bit of problems here and there, but that's okay.
We can fix that later.
But overall, that looks perfect to me.
Now, once you're satisfied with this, just hit Enter or Return.
Now keep in mind, you can always change the settings later by double clicking on the Perspective
Warp.
It will just load up again.
Now let's look at the image alone.
Now, we will turn off the background.
So this is the entire image.
Now you have a couple of options.
Option number one is of course you can crop it.
Option number two, which is my favourite is using Content Aware Fill to fill up the rest
of the areas.
However, we would still need to crop some areas because reproducing areas like this
will be difficult, but it's worth a try.
It's worth a try right?
We can try it.
So here's what we do.
First of all, let's select the empty areas.
So with the help of the tragic Magic Wand tool right there, and you can keep the Sample
Size - Point Sample, Tolerance - 1.
Doesn't matter now because we are selecting the empty areas.
Just click once.
All of the empty areas are now selected.
Now, to avoid the line when you fill this area, you can just dig in a little more by
going to Select - Modify and then Expand.
You can expand by, let's say, 5 pixels.
It will just dig in a little bit so that the line that is created, the white line, when
you fill up these areas can be avoided.
Once the areas are selected, we can go to Edit and then Content Aware Fill.
But it is greyed out.
Why?
Because this, my friend, is a smart object.
We need to make sure that this is rasterized before we start filling up the area.
No problem at all.
Just drag the layer, transform to the New Layer button.
A copy is created.
Now, we can right click on it and choose Rasterize Layer.
This is now rasterized.
Now, let's go to Edit and then Content Aware Fill.
I'm using the later versions of Photoshop and in the later versions, which is CC 2019
and 2020 you will get a dedicated Content Aware Fill.
Otherwise you can go to Fill and then choose Content Aware.
So I'm just going to go to Content Aware Fill and let's see what it does to fill up these
areas.
Wow, it did a pretty good job.
I'm going to leave it a Default.
If you want to know how to play with these settings, play with all of these options,
you can always check out this video.
But for now, I'm just going to leave it at that because I like the default values.
Just make sure that you have set the Output to New Layer.
That way the filled area will only show up in a brand new layer making it absolutely
non-destructive.
Hit OK.
Have a look.
Just the filled area.
These are all the guest areas.
As you can see, it didn't do a pretty good job.
So we might have to crop a little bit from the bottom.
Press C for the Crop tool.
You can always clear out the ratios if you already have some and then crop it from the
bottom.
Now we're here.
All right, there we go.
It looks okay to me.
Hit Enter or Return.
Maybe you can go a little further.
Just like that.
Hit Enter.
And boom.
A very tall building.
Want to look at the before and after?
So here is the before and here is the after.
The tall skyscraper!
I hope this video helped you.
Just keep in mind, the concept is when you capture it with a wide angle lens, it looks
taller.
Why?
Because the things closer to you look much bigger than the things further away from you.
The difference is kind of too much and that difference creates that illusion.
And we will take advantage of that difference to make it look taller by simply telling Photoshop
about the 3D structure of the object by going to Edit and then Perspective Warp.
Just set it up and then go to Warp and make the things which are further away smaller
or things which are nearer to you larger.
Anything you want.
It's up to you.
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