Straighten an image

You can use the Straighten tool to realign an image vertically or horizontally. This tool also resizes or crops the canvas to accommodate straightening the image.

Manually straighten an image

  1. In the Editor, select the Straighten tool .
  2. To straighten all of the layers in the image, select Rotate All Layers, and then choose an option from the Canvas Options menu (this menu is available only if you select Rotate All Layers):
    Grow Or Shrink Canvas To Fit
    Resizes the canvas to fit the rotated image. Straightening causes corners of the image to fall outside of the current canvas. The straightened image will contain areas of blank background, but no pixels are clipped.

    Crop To Remove Background
    Crops the image to remove any blank background area that becomes visible after straightening. Some pixels will be clipped.

    Crop To Original Size
    Keeps the canvas the same size as the original image. The straightened image will include areas of blank background and some pixels will be clipped.

    Straightening and cropping to remove the background

  3. To straighten the image, do one of the following:

    • To align horizontally, draw a line in the image to represent the new straight horizontal edge.

    • To align vertically, click the starting point, hold down Ctrl, and drag to represent the new straight vertical line.

Automatically straighten an image

  • To automatically straighten the image and leave the canvas around the image, choose Image > Rotate > Straighten Image. The straightened image will contain areas of blank background, but no pixels are clipped.
  • To automatically straighten and crop the image, choose Image > Rotate > Straighten And Crop Image. The straightened image will not contain areas of blank background, but some pixels will be clipped.