Well, actually it is easiest if you get them straight in camera. Those who use PhotoPaint and have seen PSP or LightRoom in action can develop Horizon Correction envy. It is actually quite easy to correct horizons in PhotoPaint without scripts or complex calculations.
I have put a tutorial (1.4 MB Video) HERE
I hope it is useful.
That is great, if you remember to take advantage of it. Many times your eye can fool you and you will think you are straight only to realize you are not.
Shoot it right in the field is my mantra. However, not everyone in this group has the luxury of providing solely their own images. For them, straightening is a necessary evil.
I have an article here on the importance of shooting straight and what it means to the photgrapher and designer: Leaking Megapixels Down the Drain
Rikk Flohr said: That is great, if you remember to take advantage of it. Many times your eye can fool you and you will think you are straight only to realize you are not. Shoot it right in the field is my mantra. However, not everyone in this group has the luxury of providing solely their own images. For them, straightening is a necessary evil. I have an article here on the importance of shooting straight and what it means to the photgrapher and designer: Leaking Megapixels Down the Drain
yes, sometimes I forget to turn on the raster... but it depends the experience to keep horizon straigh. I have around six years in photography and a lot of time I was working with Nikon F60 (on film). That camera wasn't has raster.
Whatever, for all that are only using pictures, not taken, any software / technique idea is welcome...
Dang, Nab It! Now I will have to go through my hurried snapped photos and straighten them out, using your method.
(Ratzel-fraz-rata-ratzel!)
Sometimes you end up with a badly tilted photograph for which you have not enough margin to be able to rotate the full amount. Don't get frustrated, just go to page size and expand it a half inch or so both in height and width. Now you have enough real estate to rotate your crop to get it done all in one click.
Best advice in all situations, is that frustration adds nothing to the job except extra time. Job one is to stay happy and composed.
I think everyone thinks clearer that way.
But there are times when leaving PhotoPaint out of the loop is what I want to do. In such case: crooked business card scan, the three-point rectangle tool can be made to work like the PaintShopPro horizon straightening too. You pick out the long side of the business card, draw your first two points, remembering to drag to the second point. then to the height of the card. PowerClip the bitmap into the newly formed container. Double click the PowerClip to get rotation handles, move your rotation axis to the corner you want to use as zero degrees, then zoom in, make sure snaps are on to high, make a guideline common to the zero degree corner and rotate to the guideline. With a little practice, this works fairly fast.
Rikk Flohr said: I have put a tutorial (1.4 MB Video) HERE