Am I using this tool the wrong way?

I am trying to straighten many images back to back.

Cut-n-paste does not apply becuase the angles are different.

Thanks

Johnny,
I'm assuming you're referring to the Crop and Rotate tool. If yes, do not click on Done after you finish rotating the first of the selected images. Simply click on the next image to continue rotating. After all are rotated, click on Done for each of the rotated images.

Before you click on Done, the rotate tool remains active. Hope this helps.

Regards,
Brandon

Brandon,

Thank you for the reply.

I have never touched the Done button. As soon as I draw the line and let go of the mouse button, it rotates the image properly then goes back to the crop tool.

The crop and rotate tool is actually 2 different tools. It defaults to crop. Is there a way to default to rotate?

Perhaps the rotate tool can have its own tab? After all, the crop and rotate tab has a crop icon on it!

Thanks again for your time,
CR

Hi Johnny,
To use Roate as standalone, you can choose Rotate Right or Rotate Left in the Photo menu.

Regards,
Brandon

Brandon,

I am sorry, but I said that wrong.

I am trying to straighten, not rotate.

Is there a stand-alone straighten mode?

Thanks

Brandon,

Have you given this any more thought?

I simply want to straighten many images back to back without having to re-click this icon



before every image. I feel it should stay in that "mode" until I tell it otherwise.

Thanks again.

Hi Johnny,
Sorry, I was away for quite some time. Not sure if you can do that with PhotoDirector. Let me check back with product team.

Regards,
Brandon

Brandon,

Straightening is a basic fucntion that is "hidden" in the crop section. I hope it gets another look to change it.

Thanks for the response.

I like this software too much so I am back to try this again.

I am straightening about 100 pix. After I straighten the first image, I select the next image to straighten. After I select the next image, the icon changes to crop. I want to stay in straighten mode so that I don't have to re-click the straighten icon 99 more times.

Is this by design or am I using the feature the wrong way?

Thanks for your time,
JX

Johnny_X,

You're using the crop/rotate tool correctly. In PhD, once you've rotated (straightened) a photo it will revert to the default set of Regional Adjustment Tools. There is no batch processing for straightening. Nor can the adjustments you make on one photo, with Crop/Rotate, be applied to other photos. With other tools, adjustments can be copied & pasted/applied to other images.

PIX PIX YouTube channel

Pix,

Thanks for the quick response.

My request has nothing to do with batch processing.

I don't mind straightening 100 images individually. After all, they require different angles.

What I do mind is when the software "revert to the default set of Regional Adjustment Tools".

I don't want it to revert to a default, I want it to stay still.

When I use the clone tool, the software remains in clone mode from image to image. It works as it should.

It seems that the crop tool should have 2 modes.

Mode 1, I can do a simple crop (no straightening involved). In this mode, crop is the primary function.
Mode 2, I can do a straighten which results in a crop. In this mode, straighten is the primary function.

The software, as is, only supports Mode 1. Straighten is lumped under the crop tool as a secondary tool.

Hope you can help.

Thanks again for your time,
JX