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April 6, 2024
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How do you straighten angled lines?

  • April 6, 2024
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How do you straighten lines without changing their angle? I only know how to use perspective warp, but that makes all the lines either vertical or horizontal. I'm doing architectural photography and some lines need to be at an angle. 

Thanks! 

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Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 6, 2024

Reading your post again, I am thinking you are talking about straightening curved, or bent lines.  Is that closer to what you are after?  If this is a building, then Camera RAW > Geommetry is your forst step.  Actually it is your second step, because Optics > Lens Profile is the first.

 

They have moved Geommetry to the Crop tool now, and it is not as I remember it from when I used to work as a photographer.  For iinstance there used to be a Barrel distortion correction, which I am not seeing.  Is this closer to what you need?

Participant
April 7, 2024

I would like to straighten curved lines that are at an angle while preserving their angle. I don't want to make them vertical or horizontal. How would I achieve this? 

for example if there are 2 converging lines, but both are slightly bent, how do I straighten them while making sure they still converge at the same angle? 

Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 7, 2024

Show us the image.  It is near imposible to give you good advise without seeing what you are trying to do.

Trevor.Dennis
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 6, 2024

Can you show us an example image and describe exactly what you want to acheive?
Do you know about using the ruler and straighten layer?

Do you want to rotate an entire layer, or an element on that layer?

Or do you want to skew an element?

 

Bottom line is we need a lot more information, and screen shots, but I am sure we can help with that information.

Do you know about the Geometry tools in the Camera RAW filter?