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5. PHOTOSTUDIO    5.1 Menüleiste       5.1.1 Open project       5.1.2 Save project       5.1.3 Print       5.1.4 Forward/Back       5.1.5 View buttons       5.1.6 Rocket mode       5.1.7 Help       5.1.8 Show/hide object list      5.2 "Object list" tab       5.2.1 Create/remove object list       5.2.2 Object properties       5.2.3 Brightness/contrast of objects/ColorChecker      5.3 "Prepare" tab       5.3.1 Tools: Area       5.3.2 Tools: Grid       5.3.3 Tools: Retouch      5.4 "Design" tab       5.4.1 Collections       5.4.2 Favourites       5.4.3 3D objects: CapaCoustic Melapor & NMC       5.4.4 Copy colours/materials into the object list       5.4.5 Multiview pictures   5.3.2 Tools: Grid Add grids to objects To ensure that an object is displayed with the correct perspective and scale not only with colour, but also with materials (e.g., spatula techniques, fabrics, carpets, tiles, ...) during design work, a grid is required in addition to the area. The grid is superimposed directly on the area as a reference and provides information about the size and type of perspective distortion for the respective object.   Note: To create a grid, at least one area must exist within an object (see chapter 5.3.1, "Tools: Area"). Create grid To create a grid, first select the respective object in the object list. Then proceed as follows: Click the "Create grid" tool. You are now automatically in "Move" mode and can drag the corner points of the grid into the required positions. Enter the most realistic dimensions possible for your grid area (see "Adjust grid dimensions"). Then use a test pattern to check your grid. Note: Always create your grid slightly larger than the actual area so that your material will be visible over the whole area of your object.   Note: Only one grid can be created per object. Therefore, you should make sure that all the object areas are on the same perspective level. If wall areas have different perspective distortion, create a separate object - with area and grid - for each area.   Curve grid You need the curve grid for materials which are to be laid around columns or curved walls. Click the "Curve grid" tool. You are now automatically in "Move" mode and can drag the corner points of the grid into the required positions. To curve the grid, click the lines (not the points) of the grid and drag them in the direction you want, keeping the left mouse button pressed. Enter the most realistic possible dimensions for your grid area (see "Adjust grid dimensions"). Then use a test pattern to check your "curve grid". Corner grid        You need the corner grid for materials which are to be laid around corner pillars or wall corners. Click the "Corner grid" tool. You are now automatically in "Move" mode and can drag the corner points of the grid into the required positions. Choose "Add line" to add an edge line to the grid. To do so, click the respective position on the upper or lower boundary line of the grid. A line with two end points is added. The "Move" tool is activated automatically. Press and hold the left mouse button and drag the new points to the desired position. When entering the dimensions, take all areas into account and enter the most realistic dimensions possible (see "Adjust grid dimensions"). Then use a test pattern to check your "corner grid". Note: To delete a line, click the "Delete line" symbol and then click the line in the grid you want to remove.   Note: To continue the grid around several corners, repeat the line insertion step above.   Move Move the grid into the right position and perspective by selecting the "Move" tool and dragging the corner points or outer lines of the grid to the required position with the left mouse button pressed. Reference lines are used as support for the creation of the grid with the correct perspective; they will help show you the current vanishing point of the grid.   Delete grid To delete a grid that has been created, click the "Delete grid" symbol and confirm deletion by clicking "Yes" in the dialogue window that opens.   Adjust grid dimensions To ensure that the materials you add during design are represented as realistically as possible in terms of size dimensions, the grid has to be assigned the dimensions that correspond to the original object area. To do so, change the default size setting from width 350cm x height 250cm to the actual dimensions. An indication of the correct takeover of the new dimensions is a grid check on the basis of a test pattern.   Test pattern for grids In order to check whether the grid has the correct perspective and dimensions for later material design, you can assign it a temporary test pattern.   The chequerboard pattern is displayed larger or smaller depending on the entered dimensions (grid width and height). Important: If the test pattern does not display squares, the proportions of the dimensions you entered are incorrect. To improve the aspect ratio, correct the values of the grid dimensions and click the "Test pattern" button again to check it. If you keep incorrect dimensions, the material used for design (wallpaper, spatula technique...) will not be displayed realistically.   To remove the test colour, click the "Decolour" button.   Note: The test pattern is only for fine adjustment of your grid for later material application - it is not visible in the actual image during design.