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Correct a distorted square object

Forum|Forum|11 months ago
February 11, 2025
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In the old Paint Shop Pro I could correct a distorted square object such as a sign by clicking its four corners and pressing OK.

How can I achieve this in PSE, please? I can use Distort but it's a manual job and has to often be done a few times to get the desired output.

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Jeff Arola

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Another thing you can do with the Perspective Crop Tool in order to keep all the image is to:

1. draw out your crop around the object or fence in this case

2. extend the borders of the crop by dragging each side just outside of the image

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Greg_S.

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To preserve the background, you could also use the Image>Transform> tools (Perspective and Skew). And you can also use the Filter>Correct Camera Lens Distortion.

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bwfairhallAuthor

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Aha! There's always more ways to skin a cat! Thanks, Greg, more experimention required!

Greg_S.

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It's the same as you describe with PSP. Click on the four corners and click the commit button (the checkmark) as shown in the following screenshot:

You can also draw a rectangle around the object and drag the corner handles to each corner. And you can hit Return (Enter) on a Windows keyboard to complete the crop.

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bwfairhallAuthor

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Thanks, Greg - got it!

So to preserve some of the background the "corners" would need to be tagged out in space - tried it and it worked so the crooked item is not completely cropped.

It would be better if it just realigned the foreground. Maybe I can experiment with layers and only fix one, but more fiddling. If I recall (??) PSP just turned the area marked, but can't recall.

Your help is appreciated!

Greg_S.

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Not sure if this is exactly what you want, but the Perspective Crop tool will make that kind of correction. It is found under the Crop Tool options.

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bwfairhallAuthor

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Thanks, Greg,

That's EXACTLY what I was looking for! I was sure that a much (!!) more up to date program like PSE would have the option, I just didn't look hard enough!

But just tried it and yes, it crops but can't seem to fix perspective. Am I missing something? I selected the third crop tool, perspective.

Bruce

Ann Bens

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Moved question from Premiere to Photoshop Elements forum.

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