I'm completely helpless. Nowhere in X5 can I find a tool that will un-warp this cartoon. I really want this cartoon. If I knew what book he put it in, I'd buy the book.
This is a John McPherson Close to Home cartoon from September 7, 1993. Apparently, there are just two of these on the entire Internet. One is warped, one is a lousy photocopy or fax.
Here is the largest version I've seen online:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HmHTuGHcerM/TeMCGmisMWI/AAAAAAAAAYA/dLW-kcfwagA/s1600/DSC_3097.JPG
I tried to fix it with GIMP. I get it looking a little better with a combination of the Curve Bend Filter and Perspective Tool, but never perfect.
I think there may be some sort of plugin for X5 that can do this sort of thing, but I don't have it, as the link I saw went nowhere.
The image appears to have the entire right side sheared off. That's not my doing—these forums are doing that every time I post the picture, even when I edit it smaller than the stated requirements.
Thanks!
sumd00d said:Nowhere in X5 can I find a tool that will un-warp this cartoon. I really want this cartoon.
Yeah....
The dialogue box is hiding what Shear does to the bottom half of the image. While it can straighten out the bent horizontals along the top half, it subsequently bends straight horizontals in the lower half. The image remains warped. Shear only allows us to improve one half of the image to the detriment of the other half.
Here's what I managed with GIMP:
PMFJI...
Applying Shear to different parts of the image individually, then reassembling into a single image worked pretty well for me. The blank area below Mrs. Mutner's feet and above the students' heads gave quite a bit of flexibility, for example.
Shen