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In this 4.5 minute video i’ll show you two simple ways to correct leaning horizons using Photoshop CS.

Here’s a condensed checklist of the video.

Method 1:

• Select Analysis -> Ruler Tool
• Place the cross on the horizon, press left mouse button and place the line along the horizon. Release the mouse button
• Go to Image->Rotate Canvas->Arbitrary
• Press OK (rotation angle is already pre-set)
• Crop the white edges around the image
• You’re done

Method 2:

• Select View->Show->Grid
• Select Select->All
• Select Edit->Transform->Skew
• Grab one of the small rectangles and push it upwards to straighten the horizon
• No cropping required
• You’re done

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If you ever felt yourself lost using Photoshop or want to speed up your image editing using Photoshop, then you definitely want to read on.

The first few times i opened Photoshop i backed off and pretty much gave up without a fight and i’m sure there are many of you that have a similar experience. Photoshop can be a daunting experience for beginners.

Photoshop is however not as complicated as it looks like at first glance so I’ve compiled a list of 5 great free resources a.k.a cheat sheets for Photoshop.

1. Keyboard shortcuts from Photoshop CS4 all the way back to Photoshop 5
2. 17 Photoshop cheat sheets and reference cards
3. Photoshop secret shortcuts – little known shortcuts you’ll want to know
4. Tips for Photoshop beginners
5. Photoshop toolbox reference

You can do it

Let me know what you think about these resources by making a comment below. And please, please please also help me to improve this post by including a comment with references to additional Photoshop cheat sheets you know about.