straightening the horizon in Affinity Photo

[livetosculpt]

Hi all,

 

I'm new to Affinity Photo, and I've searched the forum, and tried "help", and can't seem to be able to find a way to adjust the rotation of an image to straighten the horizon of that image. All of the rotation commands seem to have a predetermined amount of rotation, and I need to rotate freely. Any ideas?

 

Thanks,

 

John

[dvoth]

Straightening an image can be done using the crop tool. There is a video tutorial on how it can be done.

[dvoth]

To add to the above, there is a less automatic way as well which allows you to freely rotate the image. Select the crop tool without switching to the straighten tool and then grab a point on the middle of one of the edges and rotate the picture. 

[livetosculpt]

Thanks! So simple.

[Fixx]

I wish there were some more precise tool or procedure for straightening horizon. In PS you could draw a metering line along horizon and its value would automatically copy to arbitrary rotate dialog. That feature has been available for ages though not well known. I guess nowadays there are simpler ways in various softwares.