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Awesome, photoshop and dpreview's users never seems to amaze me, still reading the ps 6.0 book thanks for the lesson.
Jamie W said:
I ran across this photoshop lesson and thought I would pass it
along. I loved this picture of Brittany, but didn't like that I
had not payed enough attention to the horoizon, and it was crooked,
taking away from the photo. This easy lesson helped me correct
that!

http://www.lonestardigital.com/techcorner.htm

Here is the before image:



And the corrected image.



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Jamie W.
http://www.digitalphotographs.org
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--Roger
 
Jamie W said:
I ran across this photoshop lesson and thought I would pass it
along. I loved this picture of Brittany, but didn't like that I
had not payed enough attention to the horoizon, and it was crooked,
taking away from the photo. This easy lesson helped me correct
that!

http://www.lonestardigital.com/techcorner.htm
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SWEET!!! Thanks for the link!! I've done arbitrary rotates b4, but always using guides. Never knew the measure tool would automatically give you the precise angle!

Thanks again
 
Great tool, but I think this is one time that the rotation should be done manually. Something about the "fixed" photo doesn't look quite right, it appears to the eye that the horizon has been over-corrected. It is most likely an optical illusion created by the angle of the subject, but it looks to me that the horizon is still not straight. Anybody else? Or am I nuts? (OK I know I'm nuts, just not stupid) I think this one calls for a manual rotation with a good eye. Don't mean to nit-pick, it illustrates a point that sometimes you can do better than the canned programming.

WD
 
I was just about to write that when I read your post. yes it seems to have been overcorrected. Put up a grid with it and see.
Baywing said:
Great tool, but I think this is one time that the rotation should
be done manually. Something about the "fixed" photo doesn't look
quite right, it appears to the eye that the horizon has been
over-corrected. It is most likely an optical illusion created by
the angle of the subject, but it looks to me that the horizon is
still not straight. Anybody else? Or am I nuts? (OK I know I'm
nuts, just not stupid) I think this one calls for a manual
rotation with a good eye. Don't mean to nit-pick, it illustrates a
point that sometimes you can do better than the canned programming.

WD
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Baywing said:
Great tool, but I think this is one time that the rotation should
be done manually. Something about the "fixed" photo doesn't look
quite right, it appears to the eye that the horizon has been
over-corrected. It is most likely an optical illusion created by
the angle of the subject, but it looks to me that the horizon is
still not straight. Anybody else? Or am I nuts? (OK I know I'm
nuts, just not stupid) I think this one calls for a manual
rotation with a good eye. Don't mean to nit-pick, it illustrates a
point that sometimes you can do better than the canned programming.

WD
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You are not nuts. It is over-corrected. By about a full degree. The horizon slopes down to the left.

You can use the size control on this browser window to act as a T-square over the image to compare to the horizon.

An alternate to the method over at Lonestar is to draw a line on the horizon with the line tool and read the angle of the line in the info window. Then apply that to the rotate image tool. Both techniques should work the same. Of course, you undo the line after you see what the angle was...

-iNova
 
No, you're not nuts. I thought the same thing when I saw the "fixed" picture. Then as I stared at it, I thought it might be an optical illusion. But whatever......if it's seen that way it should be "fixed" again....no? K.
Baywing said:
Great tool, but I think this is one time that the rotation should
be done manually. Something about the "fixed" photo doesn't look
quite right, it appears to the eye that the horizon has been
over-corrected. It is most likely an optical illusion created by
the angle of the subject, but it looks to me that the horizon is
still not straight. Anybody else? Or am I nuts? (OK I know I'm
nuts, just not stupid) I think this one calls for a manual
rotation with a good eye. Don't mean to nit-pick, it illustrates a
point that sometimes you can do better than the canned programming.

WD
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I kept staring at the picture (it's a great shot by the way), and I had to try to fix it. I'm familiar with the measure tool trick in PS, so I tried it again. What I think the problem is......is that skewed log or whatever it is on the left side. THAT'S crooked, so it makes even the straightened horizon look out of whack. Anyway, I couldn't help it! K.


Jamie W said:
I ran across this photoshop lesson and thought I would pass it
along. I loved this picture of Brittany, but didn't like that I
had not payed enough attention to the horoizon, and it was crooked,
taking away from the photo. This easy lesson helped me correct
that!

http://www.lonestardigital.com/techcorner.htm

Here is the before image:



And the corrected image.



--
Jamie W.
http://www.digitalphotographs.org
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Ok, ok, I give in.....I over corrected. Here is a better correction, yes?

Thanks for all the comments.

The original again:



The second correction:

 
Stop guys! I'm getting seasick watching the horizon move back and forth!!:)
koo22 said:
Robert H said:
Could all the things that didn't look right be because the tree
trunk is not perpendicular to the horizon?
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Yes, I believe that's what I said in my post above. K.
koo22 said:
rajjneef said:
Jamie W said:
Ok, ok, I give in.....I over corrected. Here is a better
correction, yes?

Thanks for all the comments.

The original again:



The second correction:

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