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September 1, 2026
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Batch straighten horizon

  • September 1, 2026
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Select all photos and batch run the straighten horizon - this would help so much for large batches of photos where the horizon is slightly off and could just focus on editing the photo without straightening horizon

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    johnrellis
    Legend
    September 1, 2026
    danielm49702136
    Participating Frequently
    September 1, 2026

    Perhaps you can select all the photos and use the sync option in the development. Everything you apply to one photo, will be applied to the others.

    Community Expert
    September 1, 2026

    If you want images to receive some operation(s) automatically by default, such as horizon straightening: this operation(s) can be saved into a develop preset (checking only the required aspects selectively; the preset can leave all other settings alone).

    Then this develop preset can be chosen to apply during import.

    Or, this operation can be included in a develop preset which is set to apply as the default processing for this particular camera / file type combination. 

    Or, this develop preset can be applied to highlighted images in bulk after the fact.

    I would recommend a suitable Upright mode, rather than going for the tool within Crop - probably ‘Level’ if you want to permit horizon levelling only, or could be ‘Auto’ if you also want vertical convergence correction.

    In my experience correction will be relatively mild: LRc won’t force it overhard, to the point of being pictorially unnatural. Not unless you choose ‘Full’, which is a special-purpose option IMO.

    Inspiring
    September 1, 2026

    I would add the following reminder (because I have made the mistake in past).  When creating the preset, check ‘Upright Mode’, so that each image is individually analyzed.  Do not check ‘Upright Transform’….which applies the same transformation to every image without individual analysis.