by Chris Guld, www.Geeksontour.com
I’m always snapping photos out the window of a moving RV, and more often than not they come out looking like this one I snapped this summer as we crossed Lake Champlain into Vermont:
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It was such a pretty scene, but this picture is unusable because it’s so crooked (that big orange road marker doesn’t help either!)
Using PIcasa, just click on the straighten tool and you will get a grid of dotted lines and a slider at the bottom. Drag the slider left or right to change the angle of the picture. When the horizon lines up with the grid, click Apply.
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And, just a couple more clicks crops out the road marker and makes the sky bluer.
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Yes! That’s more like the scene I saw.
All the details of how to make your pictures look better with Picasa are included in the Geeks on Tour new booklet: Beginner’s Guide to Picasa 3.5. Check it out … it could make a great gift for all the amateur photographers on your list!
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Excellent tip – One that I’m sure I’ll use a lot. Thanks
I do use the straighten tool a whole lot. It is the best thing since apple pie! When I see other people’s crooked pictures on line or in an email, I wish they’d straighten them up before they post them! It is SO easy!!