Ixolus Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Hello, first time poster here! I have been using Paint.net for quite a while at this point and have a pretty solid grasp on how to use it, my only problem is that I can't quite figure out if it has the ability to do the (quite simple) task i'm attempting.... I'm trying to illustrate my own image onto a smartphone that is at an angle. Here is a screenshot of the phone I'm trying to edit. As you can see, the phone is at a very slight angle so I cant get a rectangular shape to fit no matter how I rotate it. Ive tried using the perspective effect plugin, but it isn't exactly what I need... Any ideas on how I can accomplish this? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) Use instead "Quadrilateral Correction" Edited January 23, 2017 by IRON67 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixolus Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) 24 minutes ago, IRON67 said: Use instead "Quadrilateral Correction" So I installed it and tried it, looks like it does sort of the opposite of what I want... This tool takes a skewed image and straightened it, I need a tool that takes a straight image and skews it a certain way.. Basically I want to create an image that is the same size as the screen and then put it on that screen in the woman's hand Edited January 23, 2017 by Ixolus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) Layers>Rotate/Zoom You can also try TR's Distort this Edited January 23, 2017 by Eli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixolus Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) No I don't think that'll quite do it either, like I said earlier the phone in the picture is at a slight angle, not just in X and Y, but in Z as well... The problem is this image is not 2D but 3D Let me see if I can make an example, I'll work on that and edit it into this post. So the image above is my background and here is what I want to put onto the screen So when I try to put it on it looks like this Which doesn't look good... if I make it transparent, you can better see what I want, I just want to be able to align the corners so that it looks more natural EDIT: TRs Distort This! looked promising, but upon further review its very hard to use and it crashes when I try to do anything... Edited January 23, 2017 by Ixolus Reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 You might want to try Perspective Transformation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Have another look at Quadrilateral Correction. All you need to do is relocate the corner nubs as per the demo image from Iron67. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 As far as I can see, Ixolus is correct. Quadrilateral Correction undoes a perspective distortion, while what's needed is something to add a perspective distortion. Specifically, the nubs in Quadrilateral Correction specify the source region to transform, not the destination into which the image will be transformed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRON67 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) If my suggestion doesn't fit, your explanation of the problem wasn't sufficient, I think. You don't want to edit the given image with the angled screen, but you want to replace the screen with an other screen with the same angles. So here's a new suggestion: TR's Distort This! Edit: I've overseen, that you have already tried this. For me it works. No crash. Edited January 23, 2017 by IRON67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ixolus Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Thank you guys for all the great replies, I'll need to look into it more later... While this is for work, id feel bad sitting around editing one picture on billable hours... So i'm going to obsess over it by myself later tonight lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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