New Video: Better Perspective Correction In Lightroom | Lightroom Quick tip

In this video, I’ll show you a quick trick to fix perspective distortion in Lightroom that the Auto function in the upright tool can’t handle. Sometimes, especially when you have objects near the edge of the screen, especially if they’re circular, even with the upright tool, you can still get a bit of a distortion. But with this trick, you’ll be able to get rid of it!

While the upright tool in Lightroom is great for fixing perspective distortion caused by wide angle lenses, it can often lead to a different kind of distortion. This is especially true when you have circular objects near the edge of frame. In this example, the circular lighthouse becomes oval and angled when you use upright to fix it, and so even thought the verticals have become straight, it still looks distorted. The fix, is to use the guided upright tool, and estimate where the angled top should be circular. Once you do this, it fixes the weird distortion.

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