Amateur Photographer - 27.09.2019

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Applyfixes first

The Upright controls are best applied to raw files, as Lightroom uses

the extra metadata – such as the focal length – to aid it in fixing the perspective.

Before applying any Upright fix it’s best to ‘Enable Profile Corrections’ and

‘Remove Chromatic Aberration’ first in the Lens Correction panel (if you forget

and do this afterwards, hit ‘Update’ in the Upright settings).

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Adjustthe Aspect Ratio

The Full option applies a full 3D

correction to your photo, snapping all lines in

the image to vertical or horizontal. This can

lead to extreme distortion with your image

looking squashed or stretched. If this happens,

try fine-tuning the Aspect slider in the

Transform panel until things look more natural.

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Applycorrections by default
Some photographers prefer to apply lens fixes
automatically to every image that is imported into Lightroom.
This is easy to set up. Simply, check ‘Enable Profile
Corrections’ and ‘Remove Chromatic Aberration’ then go to
Develop>Set Default Settings>Update to Current Settings
(note this also changes the defaults in Adobe Camera Raw).

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Usethe Defringe sampler

If fringing is still present after checking ‘Remove Chromatic Aberration’

then click the Manual tab in the Lens Correction panel. Either use the

Defringe sliders, or grab the eyedropper tool alongside then zoom in

and click on a fringe colour to remove it.

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TheUpright controls

This powerful command automatically corrects for unwanted

perspective problems – most notably distracting converging verticals,

keystoning and wonky horizons. Simply go to the Transform panel in the

Lightroom Develop Module and click through the buttons to apply the

right automatic fi x for your photograph.

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WhichUpright button?
There are four automatic Upright fixes to choose
from in the Transform panel. ‘Auto’ applies level, aspect
ratio and perspective correction. Level weighs corrections
towards horizontal details, and Vertical puts the bias on
vertical details. Full combines all the other three into one.

There are four

Auto Upright fixes

to choose from

Removeunwanted

fringing in your

image using the

Defringe sampler

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