Comments on: Quickly Straighten the Horizon

By: Robert Nisters

Robert Nisters — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:48:22 +0000

Well, I always use the cropping tool for that.

1) (if you have currently a selection active, hit Ctrl d), hit c (or choose the crop tool) and drag out a selection with the middle of the top (or in this case the bottom) side of it on the horizon.
2) move your cursor out of the selected area until it becomes a bent double arrow, then drag untill bottom side is perpendicular [parallel –Ed.] with horizon.
3) Then adjust the corners of the selection until you get the cut-out you want, (you may want to press Ctrl while dragging, as Photoshop tends to snap to the document boundaries), hit enter. done

By: Dawn Stiller

Dawn Stiller — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 01:43:11 +0000

Harry – there’s a simple lesson to be learned from your experience: Bookmark this site on all computers you use regularly, and any you may borrow. Hello back atcha, and to your lovely lady as well.

By: h moore

h moore — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 12:05:28 +0000

“Honestly,” I thought, “when will I ever use this, Dave has gone insane, I would love some pie….” Well I never got my pie, but I had to straighten a baptism picture of my daughter, I did a quick search because I do not have this site bookie marked at home and voila, instant Dave Stiller genius, the at home version.

Talk to you later Dave, tell the misses I said Allo!!

By: David Stiller

David Stiller — Wed, 31 May 2006 01:10:51 +0000

Bruce, you rock. Indeed, less thinking is even better. Thanks, bro!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Wed, 31 May 2006 00:55:08 +0000

Actually, it’s even easier than that (is that possible for this tip?). Use the measure tool, to highlight what should be the horizon (as in your figure 1), then go to the image menu, select, Rotate Canvas, and select Arbitrary. The correct angle will show up in the rotate canvas window. Press ok, and you’re done.

The same result, but slightly different and requires even less thinking.