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1. photodrawken,

Apr 17, 2012 12:35 PM in reply to dianeglen

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Describe the problem in more detail:

OS version?
What are the steps you're doing?
What is the result you expect?
What is the result you get?
Did it ever work?
Do the other tools work OK?

Ken

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2. Barbara B.,

Apr 17, 2012 1:23 PM in reply to dianeglen

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Yes, the straighten tool can be a little tricky. If you don't like it, you can always do it the old fashioned way. Go to Image>Rotate>Free Rotate Layer, and click OK when PSE asks if you want to convert the background to a layer, then grab a corner and turn. You can go to View>Grid to get some help with where straight is.

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3. hyundai a7,

May 4, 2012 1:32 AM in reply to dianeglen

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It's also according how to choose your image photo.

Like i design my iPad 3 Case image.

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4. dianeglen,

Apr 18, 2012 3:05 AM in reply to photodrawken

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Thanks everyone for your help.

Ken,

1 Windows 7, elements 8

2 several different aproches:

In full edit- effects>auto straighten and also auto straighten and crop

In guided edit - select straighten tool> draw a line parallel with top of picture> click done and crop.

3 The horizon parallel with the canvus with the same degrees of rotation as drawn.

4 Rotation is not enough or too much resulting with a horizon that is not parallel with the canvus. This is true even when the horizon is say at sea when there is a straight crisp horizon.

5 Yes, some times it works great. About 25% of the time it is as expected.

6 Yes

Glen

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5. Barbara B.,

Apr 18, 2012 4:04 AM in reply to dianeglen

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You may need to zoom in more and be very, very precise when drawing your line.

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6. photodrawken,

Apr 18, 2012 10:10 AM in reply to dianeglen

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Hi Glen,

Thanks for the info. It doesn't seem that there's anything wrong with the program, in general, but might be something to do with the photo itself. I don't have PSE8, but if it has a Straighten tool on the toolbar, does manually straightening in the full edit window work OK?

Does the inconsistent result get resolved if you re-straighten on the same photo?

Ken

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