SUMMARY
Lightroom's Transform panel, often used for simple horizon straightening, can significantly enhance wide-angle photography. Gareth Evans demonstrates how the Vertical and Aspect sliders can alter a photo's perceived height, depth, and scale. These adjustments can correct compositional problems, such as making distant subjects appear larger or reframing a scene to emphasize key elements. The Transform panel's geometry adjustments can be applied to finished images, offering a way to solve shooting limitations in post-production.
TAKEAWAYS
Lightroom's Transform panel can reshape wide-angle compositions beyond horizon straightening.
Vertical and Aspect sliders adjust perceived height, depth, and scale of subjects.
Transform adjustments can fix compositional issues and compensate for lens limitations in post-production.
These geometry corrections can be applied to already edited photos.