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Why does my tool disappear with perspective distortion? (2.5d)

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#1

I’m running into a peculiar issue. When I have a tool selected in 2.5 mode, not edit mode, and I attempt to click “Perspective Distortion”, the tool disappears. I’d love to retain some embellished perspective on a few layers, and still have the same position/rotation capabilities that the 2.5d canvas and markers afford. if I’m going to keep perspective on a tool, do I have to give up the ability to make a marker? or is something strange happening that shouldn’t be?

I hope that makes sense. I can elaborate or show screencaps if need be. Thanks in advance

#2

Are you using layers in the top menus? You have the ability to shift left, right and in/out of the canvas.

#3

Thanks for the response. I am using layers in the top menus, and I’ve learned how to shift left/right, and forward/back. Since I posted that question, I think I’ve grasped the concept a little better. You can drop a tool with or without perspective distortion, but it doesn’t look like you can enable perspective distortion on a tool you’ve already dropped. I need to work with things more to understand the proper workflow, but it seems to me that this is how it works. Thanks again for the attention to my issue :slight_smile:

#4

When you drop something to 2.5D, it’s no longer a 3d tool with several sides. Instead it’s just a bunch of pixels with added depth and material information, so certain things you wouldn’t be able to do. I imagine perspective would mean you’d be able to see certain sides of the tool, but because they cease to exist as pixols…