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SOME PHOTOSHOP INSPIRATION WARP By Andrew Haysom
Significant changes made in the November 2019 Photoshop CC release, and further changes made in the latest September 2021 release make the Warp tool much easier to use to get the result you want. To invoke the Warp tool you can; - Choose Edit / Transform / Warp from the menu, or - With the Move tool active press Cmd (Mac) / Ctrl (Windows)+T to enter Free Transform, then right-click and choose Warp from the context menu, or - With the Move tool active press Cmd (Mac) / Ctrl (Windows)+T to enter Free Transform, then click the Switch Between Free Transform and Warp icon in the Options bar (see Figure 1).
[Figure 1 – Warp Options Bar with Settings drop-down]
In warp mode you can simply click and drag the image, or the anchor points or grid line segments shown, around to change its shape. You can choose different sized grids from the Grid drop-down in the Options bar (see Figure 1). You can choose when to see additional guides, inside the major grid lines, by clicking the Gear (Settings) icon in the Options bar. This will display the Guide Options menu (see Figure 1). Here you can choose when to see the guides and their colour, opacity and density. The density refers to how many guides will be seen within each grid square.
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