Chapter 1 - Basic info 162Chapter 11 - Using the softwarestraiGhteninG and rotatinG an imaGeStraighteningHow to straighten an imageNothing is more irritating than an image where the horizon is just a few degrees away from horizontalor a vertical building that is crooked. Capture One was the first RAW workflow software to allowrotation. Capture One 5 now offers an even more sophisticated straightening tool.Select the Rotation/Straighten button in the cursor tool palette or in the composition tool and dragalong a straight edge that should be vertical or horizontal. Fine tune the straightening or rotating bymouse scroll over the slider, changing the degree of rotation by 0.1 at the time if carefully scrolled.When to crop an image that requires straighteningIt is easier to rotate the image first, as the software automatically crops the rotated image to themaximum usable dimensions. Following this, the crop can be fine tuned by the user, perhaps to fit toa specific aspect ratio such as 6x4 inches/10x15cm.Applying straighten or crop settings to a group of imagesStraighten the image as required, optimize the crop and then copy the settings using the Copy/Applybuttons on the menu bar.Select the next image/group of images that you want to apply the same settings to and click theApply button. To apply to a group of images, first copy adjustments, edit the copied adjustments inAdjustments Clipboard Tab then select the image files you wish to apply the crop and identical cropand rotations will be applied to all images.To enhance the functionality of the copy and paste settings, it is possible to select which of thesettings are pasted.Straight lineguide
