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Josh2022 New Member • Posts: 1
Samsung Camera

hi,

I have a samsung A53. when I take a photo of a rectangular jigsaw one or more of the borders are skewed or distorted. The image is not rectangular. I lay the jigsaw on the floor and stand over it holding the phone horizontally to take the pic. Have tried camera at different height to no avai. Is there a way to take a true rectangular picture ?

Jeff Peterman
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It is hard to align your phone perfectly - if it is tilted even slightly in one direction then you will get this distortion. The best option is to fix it in software.

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My Samsung tablet camera prompts a scan document option that yields a rectangular image. Maybe there is a phone app available?

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Cariboo Contributing Member • Posts: 774
Re: Samsung Camera

Josh2022 wrote:

hi,

I have a samsung A53. when I take a photo of a rectangular jigsaw one or more of the borders are skewed or distorted. The image is not rectangular. I lay the jigsaw on the floor and stand over it holding the phone horizontally to take the pic. Have tried camera at different height to no avai. Is there a way to take a true rectangular picture ?

Search the Google Play Store for the Google "PhotoScan" app.

Best resolution though is with your camera app set at highest resolution setting, a camera holder, a tripod, 1-2 levels for phone camera back and on art work platform and correct lighting. Do a web and YouTube search for methods. Your present lighting is uneven and over exposed and or maybe has glare? Garbage In = Garbage Out.

I2K4
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Not sure how you've tried, but I'd concur with advice to use a tripod with the head tilted to horizontal to steady the phone, and try a bubble level to line up properly with the flat subject - there are apps in the Play Store:

Bubble Level in "Smrt Tools" app

From a quick try on my rug it isn't doable handheld. (Possibly using a camera app's on screen grid to lining up edges will help. Some camera apps have "horizon level" indicators but doubt if they'd work horizontally over the floor.)

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