Elements 6.0 has the same feature. I have to convert from 16 bit to 8 bit
before it will work. Be sure to flatten layers when you are finished.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] back to basics
> If you have PhotoShop just use filter->distort->lens correction. Once
> you have the image opened for lens correction just use the vertical
> perspective slider. There's also a rotation tool but its use is too
> gross to use the circular slider tool. Just type in a small number like
> 0.5 or (the other way) 359.5 or whatever "small" value works.
>
> If you don't have PhotoShop and your editor doesn't support perspective
> correction you can buy PTLens for $25. PTLens works as both a
> stand-alone tool as well as a plug-in for PhotoShop or an external
> editor for Lightroom or Aperture. Of course, if all it did was
> perspective correction (or vignetting or chromatic abberation) probably
> not many people would buy it. It real value is in correcting barrel and
> pincushion distortion customized by distortion profiles for specific
> lenses. If the database doesn't include your lenses you can send the
> author test images (instructions for doing so included). The author
> will calibrate the lens from your test shots and add it to the database.
> <http://www.epaperpress.com/ptlens/index.html>
>
> I think you were fairly well square with the wall horizontally but
> pointing the camera slightly down. Pointing down causes the sides of a
> building or wall to angle out. Pointing up (as you always see on tall
> buildings) causes the sides to angle in.
>
> I don't normally comment on images showing perspective distortion. Most
> folks don't even notice it. But this image is very much an
> "architectural" image and, I think, deserves the full architectural
> treatment. In architectural work perspective and distortion correction
> are expected.
>
> ps: That was a compliment. :-)
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> siddiq@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> Thanks Chuck;
>>
>> Looks like #3 is quite popular. For 4, yes, just went for a bit of
>> rotation, but it never got quite right. I guess that's because I
>> wasn't square with the wall, and a bit of perspective correction would
>> be useful. If I knew how to...
>>
>> One of these days :)
>>
>> /s
>>
>> On Mar 23, 2009, at 4:32 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>
>>> I like all of them but #3 is the winner and also looks good in B&W. I
>>> do like #4 but it is not level (needs a little CCW rotation) and also
>>> needs some perspective correction at bottom left which will get more
>>> pronounced as the shot is leveled.
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>>
>>> siddiq@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>>> a few shots, OM1n black (my first camera purchase, spring 1999),
>>>> pretty sure on 28/3.5 (maybe one of them is on the 50/1.8 MIJ, both
>>>> also part of the package that the OM1n came with). Fuji Superia 400,
>>>> scanned to disc on Fuji Frontier.
>>>>
>>>> http://iddibhai.blogspot.com/2009/03/city.html
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