Graphics Programs Reference
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We start by using the Constraint tool (it's the default tool and the first one in the toolbar
in the top left). Basically, you click at the base of the object you want straightened (like
the press box on the right side here, which is bowing outward), and then as you move your
cursor to the right, along the top of the press box, the aqua line you're dragging literally
bends(itdoesthisautomatically,becauseitknowsthelensyouusedandwhatkindofprob-
lems you're dealing with). You get a zoomed-in close-up of where your cursor is currently
located in the Detail preview on the right side of the dialog (as seen here), which is really
handy for situations like this where you want the end of your line to be right along an edge.
Note: If you mess up, you can delete a Constraint line by just pressing-and-holding the Op-
tion (PC: Alt) key, clicking once on it, and it's gone.
Step Four:
Once you click your mouse near the end of the press box (like I did here), it straightens that
press box. It also gives you a preview of the cropping work that you'll need to do pretty
shortly (either that, or Content-Aware Fill, but you can see how it's having to warp the im-
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