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GOLD PARIS
Participant
June 8, 2021
Question

How to make a curved edge straight

  • June 8, 2021
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Does anyone know how I can straighten a curved edge ?

Many Thanks ! 

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3 replies

Community Expert
June 9, 2021

If the distortion is simple pincushion or barrel, you can also correct using the distortion slider in the manual lens corrections even if you don't have a lens profile.

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 9, 2021

If you mean a slanted edge (buildings looking like a trapezium), then Upright is the tool to use. Curved edges would have to be corrected with a lens profile, or in Photoshop with warp tools, or the 'Adaptive Wide Angle' filter.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
JP Hess
Inspiring
June 9, 2021

Yes, not quite sure what I was thinking. Sorry for the bad suggestion.

JP Hess
Inspiring
June 8, 2021

Look in the help or find a tuttorial for "guided upright". You can straighten curved edges or leaning buildings or distorted rooms. It's possible to make all sorts of corrections with that tool. It's available in both Lightroom and Lightroom Classic.