Rotate in PS Arbitrarily Correctly?

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Nehmo Sergheyev
Jun 25, 2004
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In Paint Shop Pro 8, there’s a straighten tool that allows you to "make horizontal" any particular line.

In PhotoShop CS or Image Ready, there’s a method to rotate, but you have to specify the amount. Is there a way to rotate the right amount by drawing a line or something? In other words, is there some way to determine the amount to rotate other than by trial and error?


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Derek Fountain
Jun 25, 2004
Nehmo Sergheyev wrote:

In Paint Shop Pro 8, there’s a straighten tool that allows you to "make horizontal" any particular line.

In PhotoShop CS or Image Ready, there’s a method to rotate, but you have to specify the amount. Is there a way to rotate the right amount by drawing a line or something? In other words, is there some way to determine the amount to rotate other than by trial and error?

Yes, the measure tool (in the toolbox behind the colour sampler). Drag a line, hit Image->Rotate Canvas->Arbitrary and the default amount will be filled in according to the line you dragged. Just hit return.
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johanna3
Jun 25, 2004
I am in here lurking, browsing but thinking a bit too!

Have you tried making guide lines? Draw one out from the side, giving you a vertical guide line and then line up your straight edge in your photo to it.If horizontal is what you want, then same, only draw down the guideline from the top to where you would like your straight edge.


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Kingdom
Jun 25, 2004
"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in news:K9QCc.663$9l5.191 @twister.rdc-kc.rr.com:

In Paint Shop Pro 8, there’s a straighten tool that allows you to "make horizontal" any particular line.

In PhotoShop CS or Image Ready, there’s a method to rotate, but you have to specify the amount. Is there a way to rotate the right amount by drawing a line or something? In other words, is there some way to determine the amount to rotate other than by trial and error?

I think you want the transform tool, ctrl-t, rotate at will, if you hold shift you get perspective distorsion.


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JP Kabala
Jun 25, 2004
Yes– but it’s not intuitive and it takes 2 steps.

Use the measure tool (looks like a ruler)
to draw your line. It’s on the tool palette –under the
eye dropper, I think (I don’t have PS open right now)

Then go back to Rotate and there will be an option
"arbitrary" and the angle of your line will already be entered in the dialog box.
Click OK.

"Nehmo Sergheyev" wrote in message
In Paint Shop Pro 8, there’s a straighten tool that allows you to "make horizontal" any particular line.

In PhotoShop CS or Image Ready, there’s a method to rotate, but you have to specify the amount. Is there a way to rotate the right amount by drawing a line or something? In other words, is there some way to determine the amount to rotate other than by trial and error?


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Darrel Hoffman
Jun 25, 2004
Yes– but it’s not intuitive and it takes 2 steps.

Use the measure tool (looks like a ruler)
to draw your line. It’s on the tool palette –under the
eye dropper, I think (I don’t have PS open right now)

Then go back to Rotate and there will be an option
"arbitrary" and the angle of your line will already be entered in the dialog box.
Click OK.

Wow, that’s an obscure trick. I don’t think I ever would have figured that one out on my own, and I’ve been using this program ever since PS3. Checking – no, this trick is not shown in the help files either. (At least not for PS7.) They do say you can rotate the canvas using the measure tool, but nothing about rotating a selection the same way. I wonder how many other neat little un-documented features there are hiding around like this…
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larrybud2002
Jun 25, 2004
"Nehmo Sergheyev" …
In Paint Shop Pro 8, there’s a straighten tool that allows you to "make horizontal" any particular line.

In PhotoShop CS or Image Ready, there’s a method to rotate, but you have to specify the amount. Is there a way to rotate the right amount by drawing a line or something? In other words, is there some way to determine the amount to rotate other than by trial and error?

Yes, using the Measure tool, draw a line from the start point to the end point. Do a rotate arbitrary, and PS automatically enters the amount of rotation to make the line horizontal.
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Nehmo Sergheyev
Jun 26, 2004
– Nehmo –
In Paint Shop Pro 8, there’s a straighten tool that allows you to
"make
horizontal" any particular line.

In PhotoShop CS or Image Ready, there’s a method to rotate, but you
have
to specify the amount. Is there a way to rotate the right amount by drawing a line or something? In other words, is there some way to determine the amount to rotate other than by trial and error?

– Derek Fountain –
Yes, the measure tool (in the toolbox behind the colour sampler). Drag
a
line, hit Image->Rotate Canvas->Arbitrary and the default amount will
be
filled in according to the line you dragged. Just hit return.

– Nehmo –
Actually, I stumbled upon that method once before, but I couldn’t remember it when I needed it recently. I notice the feature is not available in IR, so you have to edit in PS to access it if you happen to be in IR at the time.

I used to use PSP all the time, but I’ve now switched to PS/IR.

The process is easier and is better documented in PSP than PS. This is a place, however minor, where PSP beats PS.


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Uni
Jun 26, 2004
Nehmo Sergheyev wrote:
In Paint Shop Pro 8, there’s a straighten tool that allows you to "make horizontal" any particular line.

Yeah, Ulead’s PhotoImpact had that too, for many years.

In PhotoShop CS or Image Ready, there’s a method to rotate, but you have to specify the amount. Is there a way to rotate the right amount by drawing a line or something? In other words, is there some way to determine the amount to rotate other than by trial and error?

Whatever method you use, straighten once and only once. Do not dilly-dally straightening in numerous increments, because it will continually distort your image. This is why the masters of quality, Adobe, don’t give you a simple, automated way to distort your images.

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Gene Palmiter
Jun 28, 2004
That might work…but is pointless. PS~CS has the function built in and it works fine. See other replies.

"R. Joanne Johnson" wrote in message
I am in here lurking, browsing but thinking a bit too!

Have you tried making guide lines? Draw one out from the side, giving you
a
vertical guide line and then line up your straight edge in your photo to it.If horizontal is what you want, then same, only draw down the guideline from the top to where you would like your straight edge.

Joanne
My Page
http://www.rjoannej.com
Digital Photos
http://www.rjoannej.com/digiphoindex.html
Photoshop CS

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Gene Palmiter
Jun 28, 2004
Go back and read it again….nobody said anything about "selection". Though it might work….there are lots of hidden tricks in PS
"Darrel Hoffman" wrote in message
Yes– but it’s not intuitive and it takes 2 steps.

Use the measure tool (looks like a ruler)
to draw your line. It’s on the tool palette –under the
eye dropper, I think (I don’t have PS open right now)

Then go back to Rotate and there will be an option
"arbitrary" and the angle of your line will already be entered in the dialog box.
Click OK.

Wow, that’s an obscure trick. I don’t think I ever would have figured that one out on my own, and I’ve been using this program ever since PS3. Checking – no, this trick is not shown in the help files either. (At least not for PS7.) They do say you can rotate the canvas using the measure tool, but nothing about rotating a selection the same way. I wonder how many other neat little un-documented features there are hiding around like this…

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