Making a circular object triangular in Photoshop

ps3ud0 · 9 Jan 2009 at 20:14

Hi Guys,

Need some basic photoshop help as Im not sure how to do this...

Basically Ive got a circular image that I want to fit into a triangular shape without cropping it - I guess I need to do some kind of mask but I dno how to do it...

I know it will be skewed but want to keep it as a whole if possible. Ive tried to do a triangle layer mask but that only shows the space the triangle exposes and doesnt look great (the edges of the original image have detail)

Any ideas?

TIA

ps3ud0 :cool:

Darg · 10 Jan 2009 at 09:17

It's going to be stretched no matter what you do. You just can't fit a circular peg into a triangular hole without squashing it a bit.

Set the circular image on it's only layer and then have the triangle in the background as a guide then go through the transform tools until you find the best one for the job. It's handy to be zoomed out a bit at this stage so you have edges beyond the image to drag the points to.

EDIT: And keep the points symetrical!

suarve · 11 Jan 2009 at 09:35

Yer, make sure you hold the alt key down when transforming to keep the aspect ratio correct.

swinnie · 11 Jan 2009 at 16:51

suarve said:
Yer, make sure you hold the alt key down when transforming to keep the aspect ratio correct.

Don't you mean shift?