Can I keep the whole image visible after using Guided Transform in Lightroom?

Asked 4/25/2024

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I photograph quilts on the floor and use Guided Transform in Lightroom to square them up. Sometimes the correction makes the quilt rectangular, but the transformed image expands beyond the frame so parts of the quilt are cropped out. Is there a way in Lightroom to keep the whole quilt visible after the transform, or avoid this result? I’m already trying to leave extra space around the quilt, but I don’t have much room to back up further.

Originally by Ross Millikan. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

Ross Millikan

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It can be done in PS, but not in LR. In PS make the canvas much larger before performing the transform using the lens correction filter.

If you really want guided transform PSCC has it.

Originally by Steven Kersting. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0

Steven Kersting

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Based on the community answers, Lightroom doesn’t offer a way to expand the canvas to preserve everything after this kind of transform. If the perspective correction pushes parts of the image outside the frame, Lightroom will effectively leave you with cropping.

The suggested workaround is to use Photoshop instead. In Photoshop, you can first make the canvas larger, then perform the transform/lens correction so the corrected image has room to fit without losing as much of the subject.

So the short answer is:

  • In Lightroom: not really.
  • In Photoshop: yes, by enlarging the canvas before transforming.

If possible, leaving more space around the quilt when shooting will still help, but with limited room the practical fix is to do the correction in Photoshop rather than Lightroom.

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