Absolute Beginner's Guide to Digital Photography

122 ABSOLUTE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TODIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

To correct perspective problems:

1. Open your image and save it with a new name.


2. Choose Select, All or press Ctrl+A (xA for Mac users) to select the entire image.


3. Choose Edit, Transform, Perspective. A border will appear around the image
   and the options toolbar will change.


4. Move the cursor to the top-left or top-right corner anchor point. Press down
   and hold the Shift key and then click and drag horizontally with the mouse
   (see Figure 9.10).


5. Click the check mark in the options toolbar to submit the change. If you
   don’t like the change and aren’t sure how to undo it manually, simply click
   the cancel icon at the top of the toolbox.

This perspective correction fixes the perspective issue by making the sides of the

building look parallel.

Rotating an Image in Elements

A large percentage of photographs taken by amateurs and even pros are not level (see

Figure 9.11). Often this is intended, but more often it’s an accident. Fortunately, you can

fix a tilted horizon via the Rotate commands available in Photoshop and Elements.

Follow these steps to fix an image that you received or took a little off the horizontal:

1. Open the off-kilter image and save it with a new name.


2. Choose Image, Transform, Free Transform. A “bounding box” appears
   around the entire image. Elements might ask you to place the edit on a layer.
   Click OK twice to continue.

FIGURE 9.10

The Perspective

command in

Photoshop and

Photoshop

Elements

replaces the

need for a

perspective-

control lens.