Straighten a Horizon With GIMP Tutorial
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Click on the Rotate Tool in the Toolbox and you'll see the Rotate options appear in the palette below the Toolbox. Check that Transform is set to Layer and change the Direction to Normal (Forward). Use the Cubic setting for Interpolation as this produces a good quality image. Change the Clipping option to Crop to result as this will produce an image that has vertical and horizontal edges and makes the resulting image as large as possible. Finally, set the Guides to No guides. It'll get too confusing with the line you already set. Select the image itself with the Rotate Tool active to bring up its controls. You can either click and drag to rotate the image manually, or you can use the floating dialog to enter degree of rotation directly. When you have everything set, and your horizon lines up with the guide, press Rotate in the floating dialog to make the change final. The image will shrink a bit, leaving a border of empty space around the edges. As long as you're happy that it's straight, you can move forward. Open up the Image menu at the top of the screen. Then, choose Crop to Content. Save, export, or handle it however you choose from here. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit More from Lifewire Straighten a Crooked Photo With Paint.Net 10 Best Free Photo Editing Programs Tutorial to Add Fake Rain to a Photo in GIMP The 5 Best Alternatives to Photoshop for Android How to Take Better Sunset Photos With an iPhone How to Make a Torn Paper Edge in GIMP How to Straighten a Photo With GIMP Make a Custom Gradient in GIMP 10 Best Free Photo Resizers How to Pixelate an Image The 4 Best Photo Editor Apps of 2022 How to Rotate an Image in Photoshop How to Quickly Scan and Digitize Photos How to Rotate an Image in Google Docs Rotate Images in GIMP With the Rotate Tool and Options How to Take a Screenshot on the LG G Flex Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Cookies Settings Accept All Cookies
Straighten a Horizon With GIMP
This tutorial also works for crooked vertical lines
By Ian Pullen Ian Pullen Writer Ian Pullen is a former Lifewire writer and an experienced graphic designer and web developer with a strong interest in free and open-source graphics software. lifewire's editorial guidelines Updated on May 1, 2020 Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Design Graphic Design Photoshop Animation & Video 3D Design GIMP is suitable for a wide range of digital photo editing uses, from the simple through to quite advanced digital photo editing. A common problem that often needs correcting in digital photos is straightening a crooked or skewed horizon. This can be achieved very easily using GIMP, as demonstrated in this tutorial.Straighten Your Photo
For this tutorial, you'll obviously need a digital photo with a crooked horizon. To open the picture in GIMP, go to File > Open and navigate to the photo and click Open. Drag a guide line down from the top guide above your image. Place it where your horizon will be, when it's straightened. Now you can set up the Rotate Tool in preparation for correcting the horizon.Click on the Rotate Tool in the Toolbox and you'll see the Rotate options appear in the palette below the Toolbox. Check that Transform is set to Layer and change the Direction to Normal (Forward). Use the Cubic setting for Interpolation as this produces a good quality image. Change the Clipping option to Crop to result as this will produce an image that has vertical and horizontal edges and makes the resulting image as large as possible. Finally, set the Guides to No guides. It'll get too confusing with the line you already set. Select the image itself with the Rotate Tool active to bring up its controls. You can either click and drag to rotate the image manually, or you can use the floating dialog to enter degree of rotation directly. When you have everything set, and your horizon lines up with the guide, press Rotate in the floating dialog to make the change final. The image will shrink a bit, leaving a border of empty space around the edges. As long as you're happy that it's straight, you can move forward. Open up the Image menu at the top of the screen. Then, choose Crop to Content. Save, export, or handle it however you choose from here. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Subscribe Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit More from Lifewire Straighten a Crooked Photo With Paint.Net 10 Best Free Photo Editing Programs Tutorial to Add Fake Rain to a Photo in GIMP The 5 Best Alternatives to Photoshop for Android How to Take Better Sunset Photos With an iPhone How to Make a Torn Paper Edge in GIMP How to Straighten a Photo With GIMP Make a Custom Gradient in GIMP 10 Best Free Photo Resizers How to Pixelate an Image The 4 Best Photo Editor Apps of 2022 How to Rotate an Image in Photoshop How to Quickly Scan and Digitize Photos How to Rotate an Image in Google Docs Rotate Images in GIMP With the Rotate Tool and Options How to Take a Screenshot on the LG G Flex Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up Newsletter Sign Up By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Cookies Settings Accept All Cookies