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My favorite Adobe Elements(all photoshops have this feature) feature is the transform feature.  It straightens your vertical or horizontal lines so they are parallel with the frame of the photo.  The wider the angle the lens the more chance you have for perspective distortion.  I shoot most interior photos at 10mm to 14mm and no matter what you get those vertical lines out of wack.  I run all my photos through Adobe before posting.

This photo was taken off my Multiple Listing Service.  I found it to be a good example of a correction with the transform feature.  I find that pictures falling over tend to be very distracting and can send a subliminal message to your veiwers.   When I see this photo I just want to prevent the items frm falling off the mantle. The transform feature takes a minute to run and last time I looked adobe elements was $99.00.  A must have I think for the listing agent.

fireplace falling over

I happen to use Adobe Elements 5.0 but all versions of photoshop have this useful feature.  Just bring your photo into Elements.  Click on the Image button, go to Transform and choose Skew.

 

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Got to view and turn on the grid to aid you in getting vertical lines.  Drag the necessary corner points until you get vertical lines that are parrellel to the frames or to what might look natural.  With this photo some horizontal lines needed to be corrected also.  This isnt perfect but a lot better than the original picture.  Trying to get the photo right when you are taking it is a better choice.  But, this is not a bad alternative especially for minor corrections.

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Crop your photo and then save!!

 

 

Before

After

 

Another Sample

 

Hope this was helpful.  Good Luck!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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27 Comments on My Favorite Adobe Elements Feature

DEC
24
2008
215,736 Points Outside Blog Called Shot Master

thanks for the tips - I had never used it before - well worth the $99 - Happy New Year

10:08am • #1

I've used the feature before, but probably not as much as I need to. Good reminder. Another one of my favorite features is the ability to adjust individual light portions, get rid of the harsh light.

10:48am • #2
105,916 Points 3 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Toby-  Not sure what feature you are talking about.  I am interested in knowing any feature of Adobe I am currently not using.  Can you enlighten me?

 

11:09am • #3

That is a great good observation. I usually just turn the picture around and do some cropping and cutting.

3:20pm • #4
139,948 Points 15 Featured Posts Outside Blog

Hey Kevin - The skew tool is my favorite one. When using one of those wide angle point and shoot cameras it is a must. Thanks for the great tutorial - your post has been featured in the photography group.

4:08pm • #5
DEC
26
2008
257,876 Points 4 Featured Posts Outside Blog

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Always glad to feature a great tutorial in the Photoshop Elements for Real Estate Group.

Thanks, Kevin

8:14pm • #7
DEC
29
2008

Thank for for the before and after shots.  As they say, "a picture is worth a thousand words". I purchased Adobe Elements as a gift to myself and am just beginning to explore all the wonderful things it can do to improve my marketing efforts for my listings.  This tip of yours is at the top of the list!

8:32am • #8
367,409 Points 5 Featured Posts Outside Blog Called Shot Master

Kevin, This is an awesome tool!  Thank you for posting this, I had no idea that this tool was available to me, right in my computer all of this time!  Happy New Year!

It's a Good Life!

Fran

3:15pm • #9
185,532 Points

Adobe Photoshop elements is a great stripper version of the full version of photoshop. It has everything a realtor needs and in an easier version. At the price its the best program out there, for the money you can't beat it. For the more advanced computer users, the full version may be even cooler. The are several things in the full version has that elements doesn't (of course it comes with a price). I have been using photoshop for about 8 years now, so I am a little biased. I have tried elements and think its the best program for the money.

9:45pm • #10

Another feature I never knew about.  Thanks.

11:48pm • #11
DEC
30
2008
Outside Blog

This will be very helpful, thank you

1:32pm • #12
567,163 Points 21 Featured Posts Attended Rain Camp Called Shot Master

I didn't know how to use this.  Thanks so much for the lesson.  I can't wait to play with it.

2:00pm • #13
185,532 Points

You should also be able to double click on the layer(hit ok) to take it off layer backround lock, grap the pointer tool, hold the control key and move the corner boxex out and down until it comes back into perspective, sometimes you just want to skew the bottom 2 or  top right and bottom left.

2:04pm • #14
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We got the Elements package about a year ago and love it.  Really powerful.  Premiere Elements is a pretty wild video editor as well.

6:27pm • #15
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I've been using Elements for about a year and really like it - didn't know about the transform/skew feature - thanks. 

6:49pm • #16
JAN
02
2009
102,819 Points Localism Sponsor

Great tip. I used to use it in a previous career and had forgotten how simple it really is to use. Thanks.

1:23am • #17
JAN
10
2009
250,733 Points 77 Featured Posts Outside Blog

That is one of my favorite features too. When I use my wide angle lens everything has to be perfectly level or the shot looks really bad. I even use a tripod with a level but I still need to give it a tweak. I would say the feature in elements has saved me gallons of gasoline and hours of time.

8:47am • #18
JAN
12
2009
233,380 Points Outside Blog

I have an early version of Elements that has a skew but not as good as this one is.

7:01pm • #20
JAN
13
2009
177,370 Points

Thanks for sharing.  I will use this on all my photos as well.  I use a 10-20 when shooting interiors.

6:47am • #21
JAN
19
2009
158,298 Points 1 Featured Post

Kevin, I have never tried the transform feature in Adobe Elements I still have version 5 as well.  I had tried another program from  DXO which also addresses the skew factor.

8:43am • #22
FEB
12
2009

Great tool, thanks for sharing. I felt like I was going to fall out of the left side of my chair on that first picture:)

10:11am • #24

Chris-  It's amazing how the picture of the fireplace that is crooked creates anxiety.  It is kind of sublinimal but does make you feel a little uncomfortable.

10:15am • #25
FEB
27
2009

YES YES YES!!!! It is all about the vertical lines. I wish more people would read this blog. GREAT POSTING!

10:35am • #26
MAR
23
2009
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Evening Kevin,  Thanks for the tutorial.  I'm just upgrading my equipment and then its on to post processing.

7:16pm • #27

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