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WS007
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May 11, 2023
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How to rotate an image without shrinking

  • May 11, 2023
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I want to rotate an image, but do not want it to shrink when the border exceeds the frame. I want it to do with perfect circular images, obtained with a circular fisheye lens. Therefore the missing area outside the circular image does not matter...

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Correct answer RomasBudras

LRC does not have a way to specify fill color for out of bounds area.
Besides other tools like Photoshop (as Conrad C suggested), workaround purely in LR would be to reimport the output image  (at max quality, likely TIFF) and then using masking functions change the white color to black (any tool - inverted curves, or exposure + black level to -max).

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WS007Author
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May 11, 2023

Thank you Budras, this works. Now I can rotate the circular image and it does not change the size ("Trans Rotate")...

 

But here comes the next question: The background outside the entire frame image is now white, but I want it black. How do I change the color of the background (area outside of the image) to black?

 

Thanks, Wolfgang

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WS007Author
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May 11, 2023

Here is an example - The image before rotation (the horizon is not horizontal) and after rotation (the horizin is horizontal, but the area from outside the photo is whilte):

 

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RomasBudras
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May 11, 2023

Probably you can use "Scale" and "Rotate" sliders (scale with negative values) in the "Transform" panel.

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