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December 12, 2016
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Reset the orientation to 0° made with the crop-tool.

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I was wondering if it's possible to reset the rotation I have made with the crop-tool. I did not erased the cropped pixels, so the pixels are still there.

Would be great if I could reset the rotation to 0° again, like the image was before I made any rotation.

Thanks!

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    Unfortunately, that's the best we have to work with (in a any version that keeps the uncropped pixels), once history is gone.

    You can always put in a feature request for Photoshop, but of course that isn't going to help you today.

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    I have found a solution by myself that is "pixel-perfect".

    To get handles (that snaps in) on the edges for the straighten-tool, do the following:

    1) Select the layer you want to straighten to 0°

    2) Go to Edit/Transform/Distort. This allows to have handles on the edges. Once the handles appears, create 2 guides for every edge to create a crossing point (in fact 2 edges will suffice for straighten)

    3) Then use the straighten tool. It will snap in at the crossing points. Connect to edges on the horizontal-direction.

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    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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    December 12, 2016

    Unfortunately, the rotation and the crop are seen as one step, so you will have to reset both with Edit > Step backward and then crop again.

    If you've done a lot of work since the crop, you could go to the History panel menu > History options and enable Allow

    Non-Linear History. Then you can just delete the Crop state all by itself, and re-crop without straightening.

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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    Anonymous
    December 12, 2016

    The file has already been saved a long time ago. So the history approach does not work since the history is not part of the PSD-file.

    The pixels are still... this should not be a big problem.

    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 12, 2016

    In that case, you can use the Crop tool to re-display the cropped pixels by pulling the corners out and away from the center and then use the Straighten option on the Options bar and drag along the top or bottom edge to restore the original orientation.

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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