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I’ve searched and found a couple of discussions that touch on this topic, but I have not found any resolution.
I have a photo (several actually) where the horizon is a few to several degrees from horizontal. The best way I have found to rotate them is to convert the Background to a layer (double-click in the layer palette), stretch the canvas sides bigger than the image, and then use Edit – Transform – Rotate. In this manner, I can best decide when it appears level (especially if I Show – Grid) before I transform the image.
Now all I have to do is trim the slivers of transparency at all four corners. I select all of the transparency with the magic wand and then Invert Selection, hoping to crop to that selection (a perfect rectangle including only the visible image). Maddeningly, Image – Crop does nothing. I’ve even tried Copy / New Doc / Paste, but I get the entire image (including the transparent slivers).
(When selecting I turned off anti-alias and set Tolerance to 0.)
Why won’t the crop tool work? It seems to me like this should be a straight forward operation. And why doesn’t Edit Copy, copy only the selection?
Is there a way to make this work?
Is there another process for rotating images a few degrees and then trimming the transparency?
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Chuck Anderson • Boulder, CO
http://www.CycleTourist.com
Integrity is obvious.
The lack of it is common.
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I have a photo (several actually) where the horizon is a few to several degrees from horizontal. The best way I have found to rotate them is to convert the Background to a layer (double-click in the layer palette), stretch the canvas sides bigger than the image, and then use Edit – Transform – Rotate. In this manner, I can best decide when it appears level (especially if I Show – Grid) before I transform the image.
Now all I have to do is trim the slivers of transparency at all four corners. I select all of the transparency with the magic wand and then Invert Selection, hoping to crop to that selection (a perfect rectangle including only the visible image). Maddeningly, Image – Crop does nothing. I’ve even tried Copy / New Doc / Paste, but I get the entire image (including the transparent slivers).
(When selecting I turned off anti-alias and set Tolerance to 0.)
Why won’t the crop tool work? It seems to me like this should be a straight forward operation. And why doesn’t Edit Copy, copy only the selection?
Is there a way to make this work?
Is there another process for rotating images a few degrees and then trimming the transparency?
—
*****************************
Chuck Anderson • Boulder, CO
http://www.CycleTourist.com
Integrity is obvious.
The lack of it is common.
*****************************
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