What is the purpose of the Perspective Warp tool and when would you use it?

• A. Perspective Warp changes color balance across the image.
• B. Perspective Warp crops the image to a perspective.
• C. Perspective Warp adds perspective shading to 3D layers.
• D. Perspective Warp allows you to adjust perspective of a plane in your image; use for aligning product shots, architecture, or screens to a single perspective.

Answer: (D)

Perspective Warp is for changing the perspective of a flat plane in your image so that elements share a single, coherent viewpoint. You’d use it when you want to align product shots, architectural features, or screens that were photographed at slightly different angles, so they look as if they exist in the same space. You outline the plane with a quad, switch to Warp mode, and move the corners or grid to match the desired perspective, effectively correcting distortion or reorienting the plane to sit consistently with other elements. This makes composites look natural because parallel lines converge in the same way and edges line up across the scene. The other options describe color balance, cropping, or shading—which aren’t what Perspective Warp does.