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Rotating and Straightening

You can straighten a crooked photo in Develop mode by rotating the photo at a custom angle.

You can save your settings as a preset for future use.

To Correct a Crooked Photo:

In Develop mode, select the Geometry tab.
In the Rotate and Straighten group, adjust your image as described below.

You can right-click a slider to reset to the default value.

Click the Show Grid button to display a grid over your image. This tool is useful when fixing alignment in your images. When the grid is not activated, it is gray .

Rotate Options

90 degrees to the left

Rotates image 90 degrees to the left.

90 degrees to the right

Rotates image 90 degrees to the right.

Straighten Options

Slider	Adjusts the horizontal angle of the image. Move the slider left or right until the image appears straightened.
-5 Degrees left	Adjusts the image -5 degrees to the left.
+5 Degrees right	Adjusts the image +5 degrees to the right.
Straighten tool	Straightens the image. Use your cursor to draw a line along the crooked horizon. Release the cursor to automatically straighten the horizon.