Perspective tools for people who draw

Every line has a place to vanish.

Interactive perspective grids you can rotate like a camera, set by lens, and export as a transparent layer. One-, two-, three-point and curvilinear, with lessons written by people who use them.

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Plate I — three-point grid, 24 mm, rotating. Drag it.free · export PNG / SVG · nothing uploads
CatalogueFree tools, grouped by what they do
Grids
1-Point Perspective GridOne vanishing point for rooms, roads and corridors. Move the horizon, choose a lens, export a transparent layer.
grid
2-Point Perspective GridTwo vanishing points for buildings, boxes and anything seen from a corner. Rotate to place the points, set the horizon, export.
grid
3-Point Perspective GridDrag to rotate the camera. Choose a lens. Export a transparent layer and draw on top of it.
most used
Curvilinear 5 & 6-Point GridStraight lines curve when the field of view is wide. Rotate the view, push the angle past 180°, export.
only here
Perspective Box BuilderBoxes, cylinders and scale figures at real sizes, on a real grid. Set the metres, choose the lens, export.
only here
Images & photos
Perspective CorrectionDrag the four corners onto the thing that should be rectangular. Get it straight, at full resolution, without uploading anything.
image
Perspective WarpPlace any image onto a plane in a photo. Four handles, a true projective transform, transparent PNG if you want it alone.
image
Change Image PerspectiveTilt, turn and roll a picture in three dimensions through a real lens. Export it on a transparent background.
image
Vanishing Point FinderDrag two lines along parallel edges. Get the vanishing points, the horizon, the lens the photo was taken with, and a grid you can draw over.
only here
Calculators
Lens to Field of ViewFocal length in, angle out, any sensor. Opens a grid at that lens.
calc
Figure Height at DistanceHow tall a person looks at 12 m through a 35 mm, and where the feet go.
calc
Horizon & Eye LevelWhere the horizon falls for a tilt and lens, and where the ground at 10 m lands.
calc
Vanishing Point DistanceHow far apart the two points should be, in picture widths, plus measuring points.
calc
Practice
Daily Perspective DrillOne subject, one twist, one camera, every day. Ten minutes and a streak.
daily
Printables
Printable Perspective GridsTen ready-made grids as PDF on A4, A3, Letter or Tabloid, 150–600 DPI.
pdf
Grid with Scale FiguresPeople at 5, 10 and 20 m, a crate and a door, to size everything against.
pdf
Construct & measure
Perspective RulerA snapping ruler with a sketch layer.
coming
Why this one
Export

A layer, not a screenshot

Transparent PNG at 2× or 4×, SVG for Illustrator, Affinity or Inkscape. Copy and paste straight into Procreate or Clip Studio.

Lens

Set the shot by focal length

The field of view reads as a 35 mm-equivalent lens. A 24 mm street looks like a 24 mm street; an 85 mm portrait stays calm.

Link

Every grid has an address

Settings live in the URL. Send a grid to a class, open it on an iPad, keep it in a tab for tomorrow. Nothing you make leaves your device.

Lessons

Why lines curve: an introduction to curvilinear perspective

Linear perspective breaks its own first rule the moment you look along a long wall. Curvilinear (5- and 6-point) perspective fixes it. What it is, when to use it, and how to draw it with a live fisheye grid.

Read the lesson

Every lesson embeds the tool it teaches with the preset loaded, so you can drag the diagram instead of squinting at it.

Perspective grids in Procreate: the Drawing Guide, and importing a better one2 min · SoftwarePhotoshop's perspective tools: Perspective Warp, Perspective Crop and Vanishing Point2 min · SoftwarePerspective Tools 2 alternative: free perspective grids without the Photoshop plugin2 min · ToolsTools for perspective drawing: rulers, guides, string, and grids3 min · Tools1-point vs 2-point vs 3-point perspective: which one to use2 min · BasicsIllustrator's Perspective Grid tool: how to use it, and how to turn it off2 min · SoftwareAll lessons →index
Looking for the perspective tool in your app?

Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio, Affinity, Procreate.

Short answers for where the tool is, how to use it, and how to switch it off, plus the no-software way: a grid from here, pasted in as a layer.

Perspective tools, explained
Illustrator
perspective grid tool, turn it off
Photoshop
warp, crop, vanishing point
Clip Studio
perspective ruler
Affinity
fix perspective
Procreate
drawing guide + import