# 3D Transforms in Photoshop Elements

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 30, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-transforms-in-photoshop-elements/443222 "2008-03-30T00:35:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-transforms-in-photoshop-elements/443222/1 "2008-03-30T00:35:04Z")

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I am using Photoshop Elements 2.0 and trying to use 3D transform. I am walking through the example in the help file and can’t get any results to speak of.

Is there a better explanation of this somewhere than what Adobe provides?

BTW what I am trying to do is take a photo and shrink the left vertical edge, to give the impression that the scene is receding to the left. The 3D transform does not do exactly this but I suspect that I can manipulate the cubic transform to do it, once I can get anything at all to work.

Thanks.

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**Post date:** [March 30, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3d-transforms-in-photoshop-elements/443222/2 "2008-03-30T02:32:06Z")

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I don’t have V2, but V6 help file finds nothing searching for 3D transform.

In V6 I can use Transform, Skew to shrink the left side of an image, Then I have to use Transform, Distort to bring the right side back vertical.