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 05/01/2006 08:13:29 AM · #1
I have a photo I'm trying to edit in PS7 and I can't figure out how to stsighten the buildings from tilting in towards the center. Any suggestions or how to do this???
 05/01/2006 08:18:10 AM · #2
Edit ==> Free Transform (or perspective).

The command could be distort, not sure and not at my own comp right now. You have to select the whole image before evoking this command.
 05/01/2006 08:45:09 AM · #3
Thank you.

Edit to add: Is this legal in basic or advanced editing???

Message edited by author 2006-05-01 08:48:15.
 05/01/2006 09:07:44 AM · #4
I find it also helps to turn on the grid so that there are true vert and horiz lines to align the building edges with.
 05/01/2006 09:14:22 AM · #5
Thanks for he grid suggestion. Both have helped a lot.

Can this sort of skewing be done in basic or advanced editing???
 05/01/2006 09:26:17 AM · #6


Did it work???
 05/01/2006 09:37:49 AM · #7
Looks straight. Good work. Next time, try doing a panorama for this kind of an image.

I think it should be legal in Basic Editing. Not sure though...
 05/01/2006 09:39:13 AM · #8
Originally posted by notonline:
Thank you.

Edit to add: Is this legal in basic or advanced editing???


As far as I am aware...it isn't legal in Basic...but it is for Advance.
 05/01/2006 09:40:17 AM · #9
Originally posted by ignite:
Looks straight. Good work. Next time, try doing a panorama for this kind of an image.

I think it should be legal in Basic Editing. Not sure though...


panaramic doesn't work on this site as the images are a little too small. But thanks for the suggestion. I also think I'd lose a lot more detail then I have already lost in the resize.
 05/01/2006 09:42:21 AM · #10
Originally posted by notonline:

Did it work???


Looks very good; there is poissibly a very slight top-inward tilt to the left-most and right-most buildings, but it may just be perception as well, I didn't measure.
With regard to the rules, perspective correction is legal in Advanced, but not in Basic.
 05/01/2006 09:54:45 AM · #11
Originally posted by kirbic:
Originally posted by notonline:

Did it work???


Looks very good; there is poissibly a very slight top-inward tilt to the left-most and right-most buildings, but it may just be perception as well, I didn't measure.
With regard to the rules, perspective correction is legal in Advanced, but not in Basic.


Thanks. I didn't get notified in time about the free study or it would have been entered but needed to know for future building shots.
 05/01/2006 10:03:19 AM · #12
For basic, as far as I know and correct me if I am wrong, in at least elements and cs2 you could try to rotate a smidge when you crop. You do this after you have your crop area selected by draging at the corners when the pointer turns into the semi circle with the arrows on both ends, correct for the tilt that you have . Sorry that is the best that I can explain it.
 05/01/2006 10:31:27 AM · #13
Originally posted by kirbic:

With regard to the rules, perspective correction is legal in Advanced, but not in Basic.


I've always felt that this sort of correction, where the clear intent is to straighten buildings that are distorted by perspective, ought to be allowed in basic, so long as the effect is to correct a slant and not create a whole new, dramatic effect (e.g., creating a new element). I know it moves pixels, but applied to straighten buildings, should be allowed in basic, IMO.
 05/01/2006 11:25:38 AM · #14
Perspective correction and free transform are NOT legal in basic editing - you are moving pixels, which is a no-no.
panoramic images are not allowed at all - mutliple images are not allowed under any editing rules unless it can be done in-the-camera (like some cameras can do multiple exposure)
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