Straighten Horizon Plates

Straighten Horizon Plates in Adobe Photoshop — with two ready prompts: the immediate one, and the one that makes it stick. 1 real situation leads here.

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Straighten and correct horizon lines in background plates to keep animated elements anchored.

2 ready prompts

Written for the moment this actually comes up.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Straighten and correct the horizon in the background plates so animated elements stay anchored:…
Straighten and correct the horizon in the background plates so animated elements stay anchored: rotate to true horizon, correct lens distortion where needed, save as nondestructive smart object PSDs, and hand back to the animation team today.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Make the plates animation‑ready and reduce rework: straighten horizon to match camera Y‑axis, apply…
Make the plates animation‑ready and reduce rework: straighten horizon to match camera Y‑axis, apply lens distortion correction using the shoot lens preset, convert to smart object for later tweaks, and supply a reference frame with grid overlay and degrees corrected noted for the compositor.

Who does this, and with what

The same task is different work inside a different job.

Motion / Multimedia ArtistAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Lightroomalso: Stabilize Background Perspective

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