Comments on: The Lightroom Transform Panel: A Comprehensive Guide

By: Charles G. Haacker

Charles G. Haacker — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:45:47 +0000

Six years ago when this piece was published we didn't have Generative AI. I don't think it can be done in Lightroom (yet), but if you are a subscriber to the Creative Cloud and have Photoshop, you can try selecting those blank spaces and asking generative AI to fill them with amazingly realistic versions of the adjacent scene. The results are not perfect, but they are very good. If you do things such as this, you should be ethical and disclose; we have enough fake nonsense plaguing us. Be responsible.

I do use Transform in Lightroom Classic a great deal. I almost always apply lens corrections first, then if I think I can improve the picture I will try Transform's tools. But I did not on this picture:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/58faa375818afbab654944c875e3d156cd7363e98d71cb33e6c9f9a7d5239a32.jpg I had a new 10mm lens and tried it out on this church bell tower. When you are close with a wide-angle there will be convergence. In this instance I didn't mind it, but Erin's article prompted me to see what I could do to plumb it up.

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d5802a16c472acde858b5ab95f87854e51cafa63cc15a480adee78bd43adc0d5.jpg For this demo I pulled out all the stops, dragging everything upright and perfectly plumb in Lightroom. It caused a lot of other distortions. The blank "darts" at the bottom left and right are where the missing data is. Pretty weird looking, but simply cropping would be awful.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/23d0bcc9086b6c2979b12f0d3a2696c4aca25d3cf19555c883ba59854c3bdd3f.jpg In Photoshop 2025, though, I selected the two empty spaces, added a 3-pixel cushion to avoid a visible line, and just hit "generate" so Photoshop's AI would fill the missing data from the adjacent pixels. Pretty cool.

By: Lasse Sandström

Lasse Sandström — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 09:09:01 +0000

I don´t have the Transform panel in my Lightroom Classic.

By: ted eller

ted eller — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 15:29:41 +0000

Excellent article! Saved me from buying $4,000 tilt lens.
Best written (direct, straightforward, minimal jargon) I have ever seen for Lightroom

By: Erin Fitzgibbon

Erin Fitzgibbon — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:43:54 +0000

In reply to Jahid. You're welcome glad you found the article useful.

By: Jahid

Jahid — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:19:45 +0000

most of time I am using Photoshop CS6 to change the color or adjustment, but from the article I learned Lightroom, many thanks

By: PA

PA — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 05:57:25 +0000

Thanks for an article on something I thought I knew, but still found something new. The idea of using it for creative adjustments is intriguing.

Just a few pesky typos though: I’m guessing “access point” should be “axis point”? And “viewers eyes” needs an apostrophe somewhere, depending on the number of viewers.

Thanks!

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:06:31 +0000

In reply to Jack Ellis. Oops! Do Straight Lines Right!

By: Jack Ellis

Jack Ellis — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 14:02:12 +0000

In reply to Erin Fitzgibbon. Did you mean DSLR - Do Lines Straighten Right!

By: Erin Fitzgibbon

Erin Fitzgibbon — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 09:22:59 +0000

In reply to Tag1. Good question. Why does Lightroom do what it does. Lol! The program is set to follow some pretty generic algorithms in regards to using auto. The lens you use also matters.

By: Tag1

Tag1 — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:34:34 +0000

this is a great tool for real estate photography. I use the auto fairly often, but sometimes it just stretches the photo some and I always wonder how it determines that the photo needs that?