How to STRAIGHTEN YOUR PHOTOS // Lightroom & Photoshop Tutorial

In this video, I teach you how to straighten your photos perfectly using #Lightroom or #Photoshop. Having studied and worked in architecture for over 10 years, composition and vertical/horizontal balance is very important to me when editing my photographs.
Let me know in the comments if you have any questions or what tutorial you want me to make next! Don't forget to hit the like button and subscribe to see more videos coming soon! Thank you for watching!
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[@Lightroom]

This was helpful. You’re always killin’ it, Demas. 👍

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much fam! Thanks for coming through and watching the video :)

[@graphicallydeb9897]

I love when I find a new mentor that does things I have been struggling with, is easy to understand, and doesn't skip things they learned and now do automatically. Can't wait to watch your other videos. :)

[@tylerholbrook8634]

quick and simple, but also easy to follow. Great tutorial man!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@xodius80]

short format is great and on the point easy to follow on my own images, great stuff Demas, much appreciated.

[@demasrusli]

Thank you so much mate!

[@fyed1]

Yes, thank you Demas! I'd love to learn Photoshop your way 🤗

[@demasrusli]

Thank you mate! Stay tuned for lots more videos coming soon!

[@WHITEPERSUAS1ON]

One of the greatest videos I have ever seen in my life. Thanks so much king

[@heiterbiswolkig214]

It's an amazingly good format, more of it please. You also explain it very well. Many thanks for that.❤

[@demasrusli]

Thank you! You're welcome :)

[@dash1ell]

Gonna start trying this more often and improve my photos

[@demasrusli]

Yesss! Hopefully my TH-cam videos can help :)

[@arriroumeliotis1957]

Straight to the point and easy to follow. Just the way we like a tutorial !

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@marksters100899]

this saved my life!! needed it on a image of a circle logo rather than a square building and the effect was exactly the same! thanks so much i was ready to give up

[@demasrusli]

That's awesome! Good to know!

[@petermarshall5450]

Very well done! Organized; detailed and straight forward. Very helpful; Thank you.

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@janetlyons7088]

Thank you, this was super helpful. Also your photography is beautiful!!!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much! Glad you found this useful!

[@JPFilmmaker]

Ty, i never figured it was so easy in lightroom. Ty again.

[@jeffrey8154]

I like that you got straight to the point. Also that you didn't try to describe everything on-screen as if it was an audio podcast as if we weren't watching i on-screen.

[@demasrusli]

Thank youu!

[@thenotorious8382]

thanks alot, this helped me alot while preparing textures for my 3D models. I didn't know such option existed.

Woah! This is insane! Definitely gonna use this on my photos! Thank you 😁

[@demasrusli]

Yesss! Glad you will, thanks for watching!

[@konradnoises]

Can’t wait to see your channel growing!

[@demasrusli]

Thank you so much!

[@itsdavo5810]

super quick and easy to understand. Thanks Demas!

[@demasrusli]

Thank youu! Glad you found it useful and helpful :)

[@malaranu6883]

Thank you so well explained.

[@andrealokhorst9617]

This was very helpful for a newbie like myself. Thank you!

[@demasrusli]

Thank you for watching! Glad you found it useful 😀

[@khanhlynguyen3197]

Thank you. Very helpful.

[@chrislopez9156]

Super helpful thanks!

[@xiangshi]

Wish i could like this twice :D but I appreciate the tut man been following you before I got into photography!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much mate! Appreciate it!

[@youtubechannel12371]

Thanks for the quick easy tutorial my man!

[@demasrusli]

Youre welcome :)

[@Alex-iq2oz]

Exactly what I needed Ty 🙏

[@demasrusli]

You're welcome! Glad you found it useful!

[@rdog77]

Love it.....it also shows how much i need to go in my learning

[@demasrusli]

Thank youu!!

[@MrTrev2u]

In Photoshop you can use the transform tool in Camera Raw to straighten a RAW image. Additionally, if you're working with a tif or jpg file, you can go Filter > Camera Raw Filter > Transform Tool and straighten the image as well. Photoshop doesn't give you the zoomed in box to show where your curser is however.

[@demasrusli]

Ohh thanks for the tip! I'll give that a go next time - I think the thing to watch out for is if it crops the image (destructively) after the straightening process. Because in the video (the way I do it in Photoshop), you can still access the parts of the image that get cropped.

[@MrTrev2u]

@@demasrusli That's a good point. I usually try to give myself enough room that that doesn't become an issue, but it might actually crop the image similar to adjusting for camera distortion. (I checked back and it does crop it unfortunately. Still good for quick edits but not for all instances.)
The way you show in photoshop is actually the way I had learned to do it originally about 12 years ago. I may have to look into learning Lightroom a little more as well.

[@sdubose99]

@@demasrusli My go-to in PS is the Camera RAW editor... Shift-command A, then Shift T... it includes guided uprights. No need to click Guided, just start drawing lines vert and horiz, good to go. And you can adjust the "scale" so not to crop unnecessarily

[@DonovanLee]

Love it! Thank you for the great video just subscribed

[@conoracutt]

Great video! Didn't know this could be so easy and effective.

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much! Actually a very easy technique right? :D

[@L3X_TV]

Thank you so much! This really helped

[@demasrusli]

Anytime! Glad it helped :)

[@TheNashvilleJason]

Thank you. First time using this technique! Great solution!

[@demasrusli]

Glad I can help!

[@tomf1563]

You are literally the best

[@demasrusli]

You're too kind mate thank youu!

[@hukumongdu]

THANK YOU!!! immensely helpful 🙀🙀🙀

[@demasrusli]

You're welcome! Glad you found it helpful :)

[@ilhamferly9511]

very helpful and easy to follow thankyou so much

[@demasrusli]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching :)

[@richardhulbert7359]

Thanks for your response re: the wide angle tool in PS.
I have seen it used when correcting panoramic images of urban scapes where straight or horizontal lines or edges have become slightly curved due to the camera not being perfectly level.

[@demasrusli]

I see! I think if you have a lens that distorts your images the first thing is to try the Lens Correction function in Lightroom or Camera RAW in Photoshop

[@ajinakbar2662]

Really helpful. Thnku @demas sir.

[@demasrusli]

Glad you found it helpful! Thank youu

[@DjentleDjiant]

Would love more short tutorials! Gonna give straightening a try in PS next time :)

[@demasrusli]

Yesss heaps more short tutorials coming!

[@LuzzBightyear]

That's actually crazy... Thank you for the tip !

[@demasrusli]

Any time! Glad you found it useful - thanks for watching!

[@franciscomoreira7723]

This is amazing!! Im going to try for sure

[@demasrusli]

Yess that's awesome! Thank youu!

[@diverbrent]

whew! Thank you!

[@gabitogego]

gracias justo buscaba esto para enderezar unas cajas para un ecomerce....saludos

[@TheThievingMagpie]

Thanks for helping!

[@demasrusli]

Anytime! Happy to help!

[@cristinastivala4381]

Super helpful !!! Thank you so much :)

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much! Glad you found it useful :)

[@pardeepkumar-mm6ui]

Thanks for making it easy

[@demasrusli]

Anytime! :)

[@dntdark6667]

this dude is sooo good that he is making it look easy

[@demasrusli]

Haha too kind mate thank you!

[@vabriga1]

Thanks a ton, Demas. I was not aware that you can do it this way in L/R (with guiding lines).

[@demasrusli]

Anytime mate! Glad I can teach you something new :)

[@tobeetwo]

Great tutorial, did not previously know the lightroom method...thanks!

[@demasrusli]

You're welcome :)

[@chetansp912]

This is a very helpful tutorial Demas.. This is my first video on your channel, looking forward for more such knowledgeable content.. Channel Subscribed :)

[@demasrusli]

Thank you so much! I hope I can deliver haha

[@chetansp912]

Demas Rusli welcome, I'll bet on that 😊

[@jetjetdelacruz]

Thanks for this! really helpful!

[@demasrusli]

Ayee glad you found it helpful man! I'm happy I can help :)

[@moises.arenas]

Thanks Demas!!!

[@demasrusli]

Any time! Thank youu!

[@k.campecinoarkitekton1806]

super help ful~

[@sebastien3348]

thanks alot mn!!!!!

[@ayelenarce1720]

This is very useful, thanks! For people like me who have english as a second language i found it easy to understand and entertaining :)

[@demasrusli]

Wow thanks so much! Appreciate the comment :)

[@leascaart]

Thank you so much for this. You did a wonderful job at explaining the step by step process. I chose to do it in LRC. It's much easier and faster.

[@demasrusli]

Anytime! Glad you found it useful! Yess it's so easy on Lightroom :)

[@leascaart]

@@demasrusli I subscribed to your channel. THANKS and take good care of yourself.. and hit the LIKE button.

[@demasrusli]

@@leascaart Thank you so much!

[@stavroulakoloverou2506]

So helpful, so powerful!! Thank you!! :D

[@demasrusli]

Thank you so much! Glad you found it helpful :)

[@androxilogin]

This is great. Judging by the results I thought it would be a lot more difficult but you explained this perfectly.

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much mate! I also saw that you posted this video on Reddit - I really appreciate that and want to thank you for it!

[@androxilogin]

@@demasrusli Just sharing your wealth of knowledge with a world that might have missed it!

[@demasrusli]

Too kind mate! I hope I can put out lots more useful videos in the future :)

[@marshallislandsg5630]

Respect man. Nothing bu respect.

[@demasrusli]

Too kind mate thanks so much!

[@MattJNeale]

Thank you for this helpful video Demas.

[@demasrusli]

No worries mate! Glad you found it useful 😀

[@tomasr27]

thanks demas!!!

[@demasrusli]

Any time mate!

[@smirnovvalera]

Wow! Thank you! :)

[@demasrusli]

Any time! Thank you for watching!

[@dianazhang6855]

Bravo Demas. Thank you!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@kelseymj1975]

I love short form videos. What I'm looking for is step by step Lightroom tutorials for beginners. I couldn't really see what you were doing since your Lightroom interface was too small. It would've been more helpful if I could see what you were doing. There also seems to be a number of ways to straighten images in Lightroom, so for a beginner it's a little bit overwhelming.

[@Ghost-wm1db]

You're the bestttt!

[@demasrusli]

Youre too kind thank you!

[@rajivmathewcherian8038]

Hey thanks a lot for this tutorial. Really helpful. Cheers.

[@demasrusli]

Anytime mate! Glad I could help :)

[@ronanmcgovern6231]

Fantastic tutorial. Easy to follow. SUBSCRIBED!!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@flyn042685]

So awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much mate! Appreciate it!

[@Paul-jq5jh]

Thx, looks great. Do you also have the normal speed video (after straighten) on how you edited the image? :) The final image looks great with the sky and the colors

[@demasrusli]

Thank youu! I do have the normal speed video but this video was more about how to straighten the photo as a technique. I have another video on my channel about how I usually edit in Lightroom though if you want to watch that. Otherwise - I brought back the sky by pulling down a graduated filter from the top of the image and then dropping the highlights way down so bring back the clouds :) Give that a try next time you have a blown out sky

[@bctannng]

My poor lack of awareness! Thanks Demas for the command+R photoshop tutorial! Small thing, but a game changer

[@demasrusli]

Yessss! The rulers are the best! :D

[@stevealbon6745]

Excellent thanks.

[@demasrusli]

You're welcome!

[@SotoAivalis]

Daaaaaamn that was amazing!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@eshawn97]

Thanks for your help. Very nice video. I don't need to watch for twenty minutes or half hour to see the procedure.

[@demasrusli]

Anytime! Thanks for watching!

[@Nana-su2lh]

Very USEFUL video!!! This is actually the first tutorial about straightening (in PS) that I've found in TH-cam... and it has provided me lots of info I had no idea about...!! My way of straightening pictures (I am also obsessed with straight lines!) is: Lightroom, transform, off modality, play with sliders...🙈 Will definitely give your way a try!!! P.S: I am not saying where you get your t-shirt from, as more than ten people already did😂, however about your future topics, I am sure that whichever you'll pick is gonna be useful!!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much for the kind comment! I'm excited to make lots more videos/tutorials soon!

[@bomikim8032]

Your video is the best!!!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@josemariasanchezgalindo5351]

Very useful, props!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@andrea_dema]

This is very interesting! Thanks for this tutorial!!

[@demasrusli]

Anytime! Glad you liked it, thank you!

[@chrislee2840]

Thank you !!

[@demasrusli]

Anytime! So much more coming!

[@Musingsatcoco]

Pet hate of mine too. Same with pix on the wall. Very helpful. I am straighten edges of bowls and stuff. Works well.

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much! Yes I am the same with pictures on the wall haha

[@ilailevavi8943]

great video thanks!

[@demasrusli]

Thank youu!

[@tytt6562]

Thank you!

[@demasrusli]

You're welcome!

[@kgon_channel]

Very good, very informative, very comprehensive.

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@ayubputra6690]

Thanks bro!

[@demasrusli]

Any time! Hope this video helps!

[@RealCostaPrime]

I’ve learned more in this video than in my entier life, thanks 😂

[@demasrusli]

Hahaha best comment so far! Thank youu

[@sandydequivre4260]

Thank you for this tutorial! I deleted so much photos because I couldn’t get them straight... now I’ll try your methods! 😉

[@demasrusli]

Oh no! Don't delete your photos, you never know what you can use them for in the future :) Hopefully this video helps!

[@sandydequivre4260]

Demas Rusli I’ll remember not to delete them 😅 Yes! Thank you!

[@romancandlefight1144]

Huge improvement, great job

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@ellienavarro3238]

easy. thanks!

[@demasrusli]

You're welcome!

[@joe6699]

thanks 4 the info

[@demasrusli]

Anytime! Hope you found it useful!

[@Tom-tz9hi]

Best thing ever, so happy I accidentally discovered this

[@demasrusli]

Thank youu

[@CarlosCastillo-ud6dl]

Great and simple tutorial.

[@demasrusli]

Thank youu!

[@BrendinLo]

This is brilliant 👌 Thanks heaps

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much mate!

[@ekoeschannel140]

Thanks for sharing! Can I ask you how can you be sure that the proportion of the building remain the same? Or at least similar..Tx

[@michaelricco81]

Thank you. I have a question for you. I import my photos into LR and edit them in PS. I do a lot of small architecture photography. When I straighten my photos in PS, I use the transform / warp tool and I use multiple ruler lines throughout the image to ensure that both the verticals and horizontals are straight and level. When I save them back into LR, I sometimes doublecheck the straightening by using the auto angle function (Crop & Straighten). The LR auto level always corrects the PS edits, which makes no sense to me as I use the rulers in PS to ensure my lines are straight. Is there a disconnect between PS and LR when it comes to straightening?

[@LadakhiOnTheMove]

Mind blowing

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@TKNORTH]

Lighting looking real nice now bro!

[@demasrusli]

Ayee thanks man! Still learning about lighting lol

[@frescoaayush6882]

Grt tutorial. Gonna try on photos i take. Cheers Demas

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much! Yess try it out :)

[@GokuSuper69]

There's a perspective crop tool now in PS which seems to work quite well for me.

[@Martin-ot7xj]

Hi there, it was a very useful and informative tutorial video. thnx

[@demasrusli]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@rafea3701]

Great !

[@demasrusli]

Thank youu

[@shupingyin8082]

love it

[@demasrusli]

Thank youu!

[@RottenAppleLe]

great tutorial!

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much!

[@imranmohammadrana5992]

@demas sir..You deserve more..Everything will change soon..Good Luck..

[@demasrusli]

Thanks so much! Just gta keep going :)