Adjustments in the World Around Us
I'm going to move away from portraits now and take a look at the world around us. I'll be honest: Most of the corrections I need to make for landscapes and architecture I can accomplish in ACR. But sometimes only Photoshop can provide the finishing touch. In this section, I'll share some of my favorite recipes for just those times.
RECIPE 10: Correct Architectural Distortion
Buildings are great subjects and often distinctive icons for place and time. But when we photograph them with our DSLRs and compact cameras, we typically have a fair amount of distortion to cope with. This short recipe will help you square things up in no time.
Figure 7-17. "Falling back" distortion of building façade
Create a duplicate of your background layer (Layer → Duplicate Layer or use the keyboard shortcut ⌘-J/Ctrl-J).
Select the Lens Correction filter from the Filter menu (Filter → Distort → Lens Correction). Make sure the Edge pop-up menu (at the bottom of the interface) is set to Transparency.
Figure 7-18. Minimize distortion with the Lens Correction filter.
In most instances, you'll start with the Vertical Perspective slider in the Transform menu. Move the slider to the left to correct a building that's falling backward.
You may need to play with the Horizontal Perspective ...
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