How to straighten a photo vertically rather than horizontally

Question

The straighten tool in Photoshop Elements 15 uses a horizontal line to straighten a photo, but sometimes it makes more sense to use a vertical line to straighten. If this is possible how is it done? For example, I have a photo of a tower that is off, but to correct, I want to use the vertical tower as the reference not a horizon.

hatstead · Accepted Answer

remcnulty wroteThe straighten tool in Photoshop Elements 15 uses a horizontal line to straighten a photo, but sometimes it makes more sense to use a vertical line to straighten. If this is possible how is it done? For example, I have a photo of a tower that is off, but to correct, I want to use the vertical tower as the reference not a horizon. If this fails for you, try the transform tool (CTRL+T)Note the little curved arrow outside the picture to drag withThen crop the margins.

Mark_Sand · Answer

Using the Free Transform tool suggested by hatstead, it will help if you view the Grid. Then you can align the object along a vertical grid line:

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