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Removing geometric distortion

Removing geometric distortion

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Removing geometric distortion

- Let's revisit an image from earlier, and make some very precise geometric corrections inside of Lightroom. This stair image is very tough, because these are older stone stairs in a city of Ston, Croatia, we actually have a bunch of problematic areas. The issue is that none of the stairs are even, But I need to decide what we're gonna use for our vertical and horizontal axis. Let's start by correcting the image to remove any lens issues, we'll do that with the Profile Correction. You see that that did a great job of straightening out the curve here in this wall that was caused by the pin cushioning. Because I'm a little bit low angle, I'm gonna push that just a bit further and that feels pretty good there. I like that correction. Now, we'll jump over to Manual, and what we'll take advantage of is the ability to make some corrections here. So, let's take advantage here, and start to make some fixes. By tilting the image, it becomes very easy to emphasize different areas. That feels…

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