Section 10.6. Using the Warp Tool

10.6. Using the Warp Tool

We've already covered the Warp tool a bit in Chapter 9 in the "Warping a smart object" section. You can do exactly the same thing by simply choosing EditTransformWarp. No dialog appears, just the Warp marquee over the image itself. This can be an excellent tool for making an image, logo, or tattoo fit a fairly simple geometrically shaped object. All you have to do it drag inside the grid cells to make the shape bend. You can drag any of the cell corners or borders to make the image swell in some places and narrow in others. When youre done, select the target object (or the target portion of that object) and then use that selection as a layer mask for the portion of the layer you warped. That's exactly what was done to make the photo on the left fit the bowl on the right in Figure 10-16.

Figure 10-16. You can see how dragging the Warp tool's grid makes the pattern look as though it actually fits the bowl.