Straightening a crooked image

In this exercise, I will show you how to straighten a crooked photograph, both…here inside Photoshop and in Camera Raw.…I'm working inside this file called Cruise ship.jpg, it's found inside the…exercise files folder.…And notice that the image is listing down into the left.…In truth, it's not the scene or the ship that's listing rather it's me.…I shot the photograph at a slight angle.…In Photoshop, straightening a photo is a function of a Hidden tool.…To get to that tool, go to the Eyedropper, click and hold on it, and then choose…a Ruler tool from the flyout menu.…

The next step is to draw a perpendicular line, that is to say, you want to trace…an element in your photo, that ought to be absolutely vertical or horizontal.…Now it might be tempting to go ahead and trace a vertical element of the image,…as I have done with the staff at the front of the ship.…The problem is, thanks to the perspective of the scene, one vertical item may…not match another, so I have to get on drawing the line, and I will go ahead and…