TIP: solid planes in CS5 perspective drawing

After reading this:
http://blogs.adobe.com/infiniteresolution/2010/05/drawing_in_perspective_using_a.html
I noticed in the sample file that the guide-planes for the perspective grid are drawn as solid planes.
Investigating, I found that the settings are stored in the text file "Perspective Grid Presets" in the
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings\en_GB directory (Win7)
Changing the values of the following to 1 in a preset (identifying takes some intelligence since they have no clear names)
/PerspectiveGrid_FloorPlaneVisibilityState 1
/PerspectiveGrid_RightPlaneVisibilityState 1
/PerspectiveGrid_LeftPlaneVisibilityState 1
gives you a perspective grid like this:
I keep now two presets of perspective grids with exactly the same settings, except the option above. Allows for easy switching between the two views.
If anyone has a way to set these options in the GUI please post.

Using the Perspective Grid tool or Perspective Selection tool, Option/Alt click on one of the three circles at the bottom of the grid plane. This will cycle between grid lines, solid colors, and no visible grid.

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Automatic plane positioning in perspective drawing mode

Watching the movie in Digital Tutors: Understanding Perspective Drawing in Illustrator - Movie 6: 7:20
In this movie, and in Adobe instructions, it says that to change a planes position onto a particluar point of an object from its default position of 0 one needs to place cursor over the point that you wish the plane to come to and hold shift down. When I do this, the plane I want to move to that point disappears. When I make it reappear, it is in its original position of 0.
Anyone know why this is and how to make it move where I want it to?
Thank you,
Laurie

You need to keep the cursor over the anchor point with Perspective Selection tool selected.
Then click the Shift key once and the Right plane will move to the selected anchor point. Do make sure that Right plane is selected before you click Shift key.
As, you can see in the image above, the mouse is over the anchor point of the rectangle and the Right plane is selected.

Perspective Drawing Tool "5" Key issue

Hi guys,
I encountered this issue while using the Perspective Drawing Tool in Adobe Illustrator CS5. While I was watching a Lynda.com video of Deke's course, called "Illustrator CS5 One-On-One Mastery there are two movies of a perspective drawing of the Taj Mahal. In one of those movies Deke used, wile moving an object with the Perspective Selection Tool (Shift + V), the "5" key and held it until the obect was in the right place. By holding this key, the object moves parallel to it's current location.
(Source: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/illustrator/cs/using/WS25dc2c49b27459df-4aaea6de12476f87539-80 00.html#WSab9730d8188f358647fa82031252f42d47f-7ffe)
Now, on my machine (HP Elitebook 8530W) this "5" key doesn't do anything and it drives me mad! I looked all over the internet for possible performance issues or what have you, but couldn't find anything.
Is there anyone encountering the same issue or having a proper solution?
I'd be glad to here!
Thanks in advance!

a note in the document linked above
Note: The keyboard shortcut 5 for perpendicular movement and the keyboard shortcuts 1,2, and 3 for plane switching while drawing or moving objects, work only from the main keyboard and not from the extended numeric keypad.

An e-book on Perspective Drawing in Illustrator

http://www.peachpit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0321733428
"Adobe Illustrator CS5 brings to users a hitherto new paradigm of vector drawing - perspective or “3D-like” drawing. The scores of questions asked by pre-release testers of Illustrator CS5 due to lack of acquaintance with the terminology of perspective motivated the authors—members of the Illustrator development team— to write this book ..."
"The book begins with describing the way perspective works in the real world. Then the perspective drawing features in Illustrator CS5 are introduced, beginning with working in Perspective View, followed by lessons in drawing and creating and transforming shapes in perspective. More advanced topics like moving objects in 3D and working with text and symbols are covered next, and finally the authors walk the reader through the construction of a simple scene. A Glossary and Appendices (dealing with scripting) round out the book."

"Adobe Illustrator CS5 brings to users a hitherto new paradigm of vector drawing - perspective or “3D-like” drawing.
Baloney. This is not a "new paradigm." AICS5's Perspective Grid feature is an almost direct replication of the FreeHand Perspective Grid which appeared in FreeHand years before Adobe's acquisition of Macromedia.
Which is fine--alot more stuff from FreeHand needs to be copied. I just hate it when AI devotees try to re-write history.
JET

Converting Isometric drawing to Perspective drawing

Hi,
I currently have an isometric drawing. What would be the easiest way to convert it to a perspective drawing using the 'Perspective Grid Tool' rather than doing it again from scratch?
Thanks

In the 2D space of Illustrator, there is really not a single answer or "conversion" that would work for any/every isometric view. Consider the content. Applying perspective to an isometric view of a simple, plain-sided cube would be simple in comparison to doing the same thing with say...an isometric view of a complete automobile or other complex shape. And, the Perspective Grid tools are more geared for the manipulation of the perspective grid itself and objects newly created on/in it, as opposed to pre-exsiting objects which were created without the Perspective Grid. 3D modeling packages appear to do what your asking quite easily, but there is a lot more spacial intelligence in 3D modeling.

Perspective drawing problem...PLEASE HELP!!!!

hi
i have been trying to do perspective drawing and i want to put windows and those other objects in. i don't have those objects under the pull down that says view. please someone tell me how to get all those different objects!!!

Good guess what they actually are are symbols and they did make the art them selves or purchased them somewhere.
they save them as a symbols library and gave it the name windows.
Vector symbols can be applied t the grid.
However you can make these symbols your self and save them as a library i the symbols library folder.
What you do is one window then make it a symbol now you can repeat it as many times as you wish.

How To Use CS5 Perspective Tool

Does anyone know how to place jpgs using the perspective tool without converting it to a vector? The file is too large for the web. Any tips?

I can only find one way and it is a little funky.
1. select the plane you want the picture to be on
2. then create or drag a shape to it, it can be any closed path.
3. with the shape selected go to the Draw Inside command near the bottom of the Tool Panel and select it.
4. while the Draw Inside Object is selected go to File>Place and select your image and click OK
5. You will probably have to reposition the image and perhaps resize it as well.
this is how it works and you can see from my watermark that the image in perspective
you have use the direct select or selection tool to reposition and resize the image a little tricky but work able.
this will be a feature request to make such a container for images to be used on the perspective grid.

Illustrator CS5 perspective questions

I recently upgraded to CS5 and was playing with the perspective tools and a couple of questions came up. Is it possible to change the perspective and have objects already created update to the new persp? Also, I noticed strokes don't follow the perspective, ie, getting thinner as they get farther away.

You have valid questions. I used this feature briefly, when I first switched to AICS5 and had similar questions. One thing you can try is; While using the Perspective Selection tool, hold down "5" and move objects perpendicular to perspective plane.
You might also want to experiment with using symbols on perspective planes. Blends will then appear in perspective and it's easier to edit the object by editing the flat symbol. To get lines to appear in perspective you may need to outline them. Maybe someone else has a better idea. It appears "mesh distortion" objects will not work on perspective planes.

CS5 Perspective Grid Tool

Thanks in advance for ANY help ya'll can give me. I am not new to Illustrator, just new to this most current version 5. I've been working with a version that is way old and finally was able to upgrade. My question is this: I'm trying to do some drawings with the perspective grid tool, but what I'm wanting to create needs to have a different perspective. I'm sorry if I'm not explaining myself very well, I just don't know exactly how to put it. What I'm trying to draw is essentially a view from someone looking out onto a fishing pier into the distant horizon of the pier and the water. The only way I'm getting the grid tool to work is from the normal view which is opposite of what I need. I just don't know how to search or explain exactly what I need. I'm hoping that this group of professionals will understand and can help me out.
Thanks again!!!
Michele

Thanks for responding so quickly. I guess what I'm trying to say is that what I'm trying to create would be from a perspective of going "into" the distance and the PG is showing coming "out" of the distance. Does that help? Is there a way to rotate the perspective to swing it around the other way? Thanks again!

Solid 3d shapes cs5

hello.
when diong adjustments to a 3d shape like this sphere in cross section of the 3d panel.
its always hollow along with all shapes. how would you get these this shape to be solid.
thanks
phil.

thanks for the reply mylenium.
once the 3d sphere is created and then cross section in 3d panel.
then it wont allow any repousee adjustments to take place.
its just greyed out. not because of my nvidia card which is excellent.
i could get blender which as you know is free and will do the task im asking for.
then i would have to start from scratch and learn blender.
thanks once again for the reply.
very much appreciated.
phil.

Adobe illustrator CS5 perspective tool

Is there any way to shape the perspective tool so it curves inwards so it looks like the inside of an open book?.. or is there a preset I
can download for it?

No. Do it with an Envelope.
1. New document. 3 Artboards.
2. Left Artboard: Create the page artwork for the left-facing page, in the flat. When done, select it all and define a Symbol.
3.Right Artboard: Create the page artwork for the right-facing page, in the flat. When done, select it all and define a Symbol.
4. Middle Artboard: Position Symbol Instances of each page, abutting in the gutter.
5.Select the left page Instance. Envelope Distort>Make With Mesh. 1 Row, 1 Column.
6.Select the right page Instance. Envelope Distort>Make With Mesh. 1 Row, 1 Column.
7. Marquee select around the MeshPoints at the Gutter. ScaleTool: Downscale the selection.
8. Adjust the inboard handles of the gutter MeshPoints to impose the desired page curls.
9. Perform all edits on pages 1 and 3 by doubleClicking the undistorted Symbol Instance(s). Edits will update in the Envelopes on page 2.
JET

Photoshop CS5 perspective help

ok so I used transform + perspective to get the final image on the right is their any way to key in what I did to the image rather than play with it for hours.Is their a way to automatically edit the top image to look like the image on the right?Thanks in advance

You could use the 3D tools if you have Extended.
http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/creating-3d-objects-animations-photoshop.html
You could use Vanishing point if you brought in a scene with the appropriate perspective to produce a mesh to past the shape into
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS714a382cdf7d304e153d0941004907be29-7ff5a. html
But what I would do is create some perspective guide lines. You can Google up some tutorials, but Google images might work better. You could also (Everybody should) check out the two free chapters in this Steve Caplin Video2Brain title. It is fundermental to making things look right.
https://www.video2brain.com/en/courses/creating-perspective-in-photoshop

Tips to make Photoshop CS5 a lot faster?

I have been having a lot of issues with my PS CS5, it is behaving very slowly and I really have no idea why, I always thought that CS5 would be running a lot faster (because of 64bit) than CS4...CS4 was much slower than CS3 which I had really no problem with. So with photoshop CS5 even really basic operations are extremely slow, loike moving inside a document, selecting brushes, lapse of time for the brushes to appear...very basic stuff and that happens on double layer files (1400x900), so on very small files
At first I thought it was because it wasn't detecting my video card (which I found was because of my secondary 24" 1920x1200 monitor).
Here is my hardware:
Macbook pro 3,1
2.2GHz Core 2 Duo 4mb l2 cache
2GB 667MHz DDR2 RAM (2x1GB)
120GB 5400rpm HDD (set up as 2nd Scratch disk)
WD 1 TB 7200RPM (2 partitions) FireWire800 hard drive (1 partition as 1st scratch disk)
1248mb Memory usage for PS
History states:100
Cache Level:4
Cache Tile size: 128k
Also When designing the only other applications that are open are iTunes (to listen to music, an absolute must when designing! ) and Mail.
So my problem is I bought CS5 and I swear in front of my computer because it is so slow! I understand my computer isn't the most recent one but the operation I ask it t do aren't all that bad...moving a document shouldn't make PS lag and take forever...
By the way I do use some of the most recent PS CS5 features so I can't go back to CS3 even if it worked much better...
What can I do? Please help me!
P.S: Thank you Chris for your answer in my other discussion, it did answer my question!

Not for nothing, but when I hear people complaining about how slow the current Photoshop is on recent hardware, I have to laugh...my fist big iron machine was a Daystar Genesis which had 4 processors. I put a whopping 512MB of ram in the machine that cost $17,000 (yes, 17K) but that was mitigated by putting in a second 512MB for only $7,500 (the price had dropped...
In the old days, Photoshop performance was a matter of hours/days not minutes/seconds...when you worked on a big file in Photoshop 2.5, you did a lot of work to optimize Photoshop and minimize the processor clicks lost to other processors. Launch Activity Monitor and see how many processes are running under OS X. A ton...many unneeded and unwanted for running Photoshop. Are you running ONLY Photoshop? Or do you have ram/processor hogs like iTunes or Safari running at the same time? How many images do you open and work with at a single time? Open 2 images and Photoshop's ram debt doubles...open up 4 images and it more than quadruples...
There are three basic bottlenecks in Photoshop and if you want to speed them up, you need to address each and every one. First and foremost is processor speed (and multi-processors up to a point where you get diminishing returns) but even with the fastest CPU's if you starve the processor of ram when you open a bigger image, you still slow down. The last one is pretty important if you are hitting your scratch disk and that's disk I/O...
So, the basics of speeding Photoshop are; fast processor, lots of ram and a separate fast drive for scratch disk...then make sure you are only running Photoshop and not a bunch of other crap in the background and open only as many images as you absolutely need. If your machine is bogging down the odds are one or more of the above needs to be addressed. It's possible that some 3rd party software (plug-ins or drivers like a tablet) is bringing down your overall performance...it's advisable to have everything on your system as up to date as possible (after leaving a week or two for "other people" to flush out the problems).
If you are in doubt about your ram (and 2 gigs is literally nothing these days) launch Activity Monitor and watch the free ram graphic. If you are routinely dropping below 100 MBs of free ram (not allocated by any other process) the odds are real good you are seeing slowdowns and SBODs because you are forcing the system to page data which slows things down a lot-particularly if your boot drive is also your Photoshop scratch drive because you have two things competing for the same drive. It's optimal to have a fast second drive just for Photoshop scratch disks.
If you have less that all the ram your computer can hold, that's prolly the cheapest and most cost efficient place to spend money to speed Photoshop short of getting an all new system, ram and tons of fast hard drives...

TIP: custom arrowheads in CS5

Custom arrowheads can be added to Illustrator.
Edit the file arrowheads.ai according to the instructions in it. It can be found here (or similar on your system)
\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Illustrator CS5\Support Files\Required\Resources\en_GB
The following was made using 4 strokes, 3 of which have a my new custom arrowhead:
Enjoy!

I love the new arrowheads interface, however:
When I create an arrowhead, then save and close the file, the next time I open it the arrowhead is now a separate (but grouped) object, and is a filled shape with no stroke. This is really annoying!

Using perspective tool with text in AI CS5

Hi,
I am new to AI CS5 and was wondering if someone could please tell me how to use the Perspective tool with text? Also, does the text have to be expanded in order to use the perspective tool or is that not recommended?
Thank you,
Diane

Hi Diane,
Here's a video showing how to do it http://vector.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tools-tips/quick-tip-put-text-into-perspective-using- illustrator-cs5/
For more, please refer to the Illustrator CS5 help docs on Perspective drawing.

TIP: solid planes in CS5 perspective drawing

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