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How to rotate a photo by just a few degrees?

I dont know if this can be done or not! I have a photo which I need to striaghten up by a few degrees. It has the horizon in it so its quite obvious that its at an angle! I dont need a full 90 degree rotate but just a few to get the lines straight. Is there any software that can do this? preferably free as I only have a couple of shots I want to do this to? I am using photoshop but I also have microsoft photo editing siftware? thanks

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  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    In PhotoShop, Image, Rotate canvas, Arbitrary.
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  • I'd use Google Picasa for it.. it has a function specifically for tiny rotations and it adds guidelines to make sure horizons are level. I also use it for organising all my photos

    It's free : http://picasa.google.co.uk/
  • espresso
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    I'd use Google Picasa for it.. it has a function specifically for tiny rotations and it adds guidelines to make sure horizons are level. I also use it for organising all my photos

    It's free : http://picasa.google.co.uk/

    :confused:

    Why would anyone use Picasa if they have the best - PhotoShop?

    :rolleyes:
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  • mrs_baggins
    mrs_baggins Posts: 1,290 Forumite
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    thanks for the very quick reply. I was just about to post to say that I had worked out how to do it but was beaten by you both! thanks again
  • Thanks to the OP for asking this as I have wondered how to do this as well.
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  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    For those who don't have PhotoShop, Irfanview here does lossless rotation as well as lots more for free.
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  • Because Picssa lets you judge it by eye (you don't enter X degrees to rotate, you move the image round until it matches up with an overlaid grid) and it's a free program. I have Paintshop pro X2, which can also do manual realignments, but I prefer Picasa as it will also crop the rest of the image and finish it off without additional background left over
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