Digital Darkroom: Correcting Lense Distortions

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 | Filed under Lessons | 2 Comments

Lense distortions can be found in photos that have been shot using a wide angle lense (sperized effect, barreling) or they can be perspective distortions cause by not standing right in front of the subject as well as tilted images or vignette effects. This article will cover methods to remove these distortions both “traditionally” as well as using the Lense Distortion Filter available in PS CS3 and up.

Content:

• Everything in one place: PS CS3 and up
• Correcting Lense Distortion “old style”
  • Removing the Spherized Effect (aka “barreling”)
  • Removing Unwanted Perspective
  • Straightening Crooked Images

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Tags: digital darkroom, free transform, lense distortions, perspective, spherize, straighten