Mary Ann's Photo Gallery and Tips

I never thought of using Camera Raw to straighten a photo but it is very easy.  This tip came from NAPP the National Association of Photoshop Professionals:

Quickly Straighten Images in Camera Raw

While Camera Raw can do amazing things with the WhiteBalance menu, Exposure sliders, and other adjustments to get the best out ofyour images, there's one tool I use all the time: the Straighten tool. Justclick on the Straighten tool at the top of the window (or press A, the keyboardshortcut), select a starting point, and then click-and-drag across an elementin the image that's straight. Camera Raw will rotate the image as needed. PressReturn (PC: Enter) to see what the image will look like without opening it.

When you open the photo in PS it will open cropped and straighten.  Whalla!

If you don't know how to open Camera Raw (CRS3, or 4)  Go to Bridge and select your photo from your files then chose File>open in Camera Raw (or Ctr R shortcut on a PC, cmd R on a Mac).

Another note is that once you straighten and open in Camera Raw your original photo in bridge with no longer exist and the straigthen photo will replace it.  If this is not what you want to happen then strainghten in Photoshop. 

This photos was not straight so I used the method above to straighten it.  Works perfectly and very easy to use.

Enjoy!

Mary Ann