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Looking at it you might question whether or not the image had a strong enough composition to start with.īy pressing Shift plus the O key, and flipping the overlay orientation, the stallion fits neatly into his own triangle. Here, in this image of a wild stallion (below), before flipping the Golden Triangle orientation, this overlay doesn’t work at all. Changing the orientation makes those overlays a lot more useful. By pressing the Shift key and the O key at the same time, you can change the orientation of both the Golden Spiral and the Golden Triangle. That means that you need to flip the overlays around a few times to find the orientation that aligns with your image. Unlike most of the overlays, neither the Golden Spiral nor the Golden Triangle is symmetrical. You’ve probably toggled through the overlays and disregarded both the Golden Triangle and the Golden Spiral because they just never work. Here’s the image after the crop is applied.įlipping the Golden Spiral and Golden Triangle Overlays With the Grid overlay turned on, it’s easy to verify that the horizon is now straight. It simply straightens the horizon so it no longer slopes crookedly. The Level option is perfect for images like this, when there are no strong vertical lines that need correction. With the Crop Tool still activated, click on the Transform tab in Lightroom and choose Level. Now press the O key (letter not number) to toggle the Grid overlay. Before opening the Transform tab, press the R key to activate the Crop Tool. Here, in the first example above – a lovely seascape – there is a crooked horizon. Essentially, Transform helps you straighten crooked or skewed images. It’s an improved version, split-off of the Lens Correction tab. Transform is relatively new to Lightroom. The Transform Tabįirst, let’s talk about the Transform tab, in the Develop module. In this article I’ll show you how you can use Lightroom’s Transform and Crop Tools to improve your composition. Lightroom is one of the best available, and the easiest to use. But if you don’t, you have plenty of tools to help you make it right. Everybody loves to get it right in camera.