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Fixing Really Messed Up Wide-Angle Shots
How's that one for a title? Well, that's the best explanation of what happens sometimes
when you shoot really wide, and in Photoshop, there's a tool called Adaptive Wide Angle
that was invented for these situations. However, there are three things you need to know
about this filter: (1) you're not going to use it very often, (2) you're either going to have to
crop pretty massively after using it or use Content-Aware Fill to fill in the gaps, and (3) it
actually does a pretty darn good job when you do need it.
Step One:
Open the photo that has a serious lens issue you want to fix. I personally don't use smart
filters a bunch, because once I apply a filter, I'm usually pretty much done with it. But,
in this case, it's not a bad idea to first go under the Filter menu and choose
Convert for
Smart Filters
, and then choose
Adaptive Wide Angle
from that same menu. The reason
why this might come in handy is that, depending on the image, you may need to come back
andtweakyourexistingfiltersettings(well,it'sbeenthecaseformeanyway),andbymak-
ing it a smart filter, you can apply the filter, and then reopen it with all the Constraint lines
still in place, so you can tweak them (this will all make more sense in just a minute).
