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Straighten Horizon Plates

Straighten and correct the horizon in the background plates so animated elements stay anchored: rotate to true horizon…

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The same job, four heights

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AExecute — “help me do it”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.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.
BImprove — “do it better”Make the plates animation‑ready and reduce rework: straighten horizon to match camera Y‑axis,…+
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.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed.

The real tasks

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

Who does this

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Motion / Multimedia Artist

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