How can I easily straighten a photo in Adobe® Photoshop®?

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You carefully placed your photo on the scanner or held the camera steady as you took the picture, but when you look at it now, it's crooked! There is an easy way to straighten the photo in Adobe Photoshop.

crooked photo

  • Measure toolOpen your photo in Photoshop.
  • Select the Measure tool. It is under the Eyedropper tool.
  • Click and drag along a line in the photo that is supposed to be horizontal.
    • This may be the top of a building, skyline, etc.

Draw line

  • Go to Image > Rotate Canvas > Arbitrary.
  • The dialog box opens with an angle measurement already in it.

Rotate dialog box

  • Click OK and your photo is straightened.

Straightened photo

  • Crop your photo if needed and Save.

Cropped photo