Photoshop Elements 5: The Missing Manual

Chapter 11: Creating Panoramas and Correcting Perspective 297

Transforming Images

NOTE Each of the adjustment settings is accompanied by a box where you can type a number

instead of using the sliders. If you want to make the same adjustments to many photos, take note

of the numbers you used to fix your first photo. Then just plug those numbers into the boxes for

the other photos.

• Edge Extension. As explained above, when you’re done fixing your photo,

you’re likely to end up with some blank areas along the edge of your photo’s

canvas, as shown in Figure 11-8. Use the Scale slider to enlarge the photo,

thereby getting rid of the blank areas. (You can also use this slider to shrink

your photo, but you’ll rarely need to do that.) Move the slider to the right to

enlarge your image, and to the left to shrink it.

The Scale slider changes your actual photo, not just your view of it (as would be

the case when using the Zoom tool). When you click OK, Elements resizes and

crops your photo. If you want the objects in your photo to stay the same size

they were, don’t use this slider. Instead, just click OK and then crop using any

of the methods discussed starting on page 71.

The most important thing to remember when using Correct Camera Distortion is

that a little goes a long way. For most of the corrections, start small and work in

small increments. These distortions can be very subtle, and it often takes ...