Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

Easily level a CROOKED HORIZON
Keeping the horizon perfectly horizontal when
you are shooting is not always easy. You can
adjust the angle of the horizon line in
Photoshop without doing any calculations.
Photoshop CS6 now includes a straighten tool
in the Crop tool’s Options bar. When you click
and drag the Straighten tool along a line that
should be horizontal or vertical, the image is
rotated, the canvas automatically expands,
and the crop box adjusts to fit the maximum
size of the straightened image.
At this point the window displays a
nondestructive preview of the cropped image.
You can click just outside the crop box to go
back into crop mode. The canvas then
expands and you can re-edit the crop box
until you see the final image you want. You
can also click the Reset button in the Options
bar or press Delete (Backspace) to reset the
crop box. And if the Delete Cropped Pixels
box in the Options bar is unchecked, you can
even change the crop after clicking the
Commit button.
# 31
••••
DIFFICULTY LEVEL
2
1
3
A
1 Open an image that has a
crooked horizon line.
2 Click the Crop tool.
A Make sure Delete Cropped Pixels
is unchecked.
3 Click the Straighten tool in the
Options bar.
4 Click and drag from one side of
the image to the other, along
what should be a horizontal or
vertical line.
4
5
The image is rotated and the
window displays a preview of the
straightened image.
5 Click the Commit button to finish
the crop.
6 Click any of the crop anchors to
view the cropped pixels.
Note: The hidden pixels are
preserved even after you save the
file as cropped.
6
Chapter 3 69