Professional Photographer Demas Rusli has actually developed a helpful tutorial that’ll benefit newbies and pros alike. In simply a couple of minutes, he reveals you how to align even very mis-aligned images completely using both Lightroom and Photoshop.
The video was inspired by Rusli’s background as a designer. He’s been working as a designer for 5 years, and studied architecture for 5 years prior to that, so after ten years, vertical and horizontal balance is exceptionally essential to him. Let’s just state he’s no fan of the Dutch angle in his photography.
In this tutorial, Rusli covers 2 various methods.
The very first, much easier approach, is to utilize Lightroom’s Upright tool to draw two horizontal and 2 vertical lines that show what the straightened scene should appear like. Lightroom does the remainder of the work for you.
In the 2nd approach, Rusli dives into Photoshop where he drags in some standards from the rulers at the leading and bottom (press CTRL/CMD + R if you do not currently see them). He then uses the Free Transform tool to adjust Point of view, Distort, and Skew till his image is dialed in exactly how he wants it. He utilizes Content Aware Fill to fill in any empty areas produced by the severe correction (where possible).
This is Rusli’s preferred method, due to the fact that it provides him a lot more control over the results, but it does take longer than Lightroom’s automated alternative, and may be a headache for novices.
Now, undoubtedly, the picture he uses is an extreme example– but that’s the point. If even this low-angle shot taken with an ultra-wide-angle lens can be corrected to look like it was caught directly on, then you can deal with almost any picture and make it look right.
Have a look at the full video above to watch both approaches in action, and after that dive into Photoshop and Lightroom if you wish to offer it a shot on your own.
(by means of Reddit)
