# Is this photo scan slanted/tilted **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672 "2017-06-11T05:30:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/1 "2017-06-11T05:30:36Z")
Is there any tilt, scan or irregularity about this scan of a photo? I do not (and will never) have access to the original. Is it in any way crooked looking - did I fuck up? [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/VvGCz84.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/8sR3w) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/2 "2017-06-11T06:04:01Z")
Looks fine to me. Adjusting the individual color channels in Photoshop will make it look like new. ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/3 "2017-06-11T06:40:23Z")
This was the photo before I took the edges off: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/o1byP5T.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/NzNxE) ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/4 "2017-06-11T12:57:37Z")
Looks like the original was a print and hand trimmed. I don’t think it is tilted but it is narrower in the middle just a tiny bit. How did you trim it? Photo Program? If worried about it, leave it alone. Looks fine. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/5 "2017-06-11T13:49:15Z")
Looks fine to me. What makes you concerned that it’s tilted and what’s the end use? If you can afford to cut off more, you can chop the off the molding on the right side (and trim the left to keep the people centered), which only looks angled because it’s in the background. That, IMO, is what’s giving you the feeling that it’s slanted. But IME it’s probably just you over scrutinizing your own work. Take a step back, look at it a few hours later, have someone else look at it. It’s fine. Spending hours trying to fix everything is what makes things look over processed. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/6 "2017-06-11T15:38:52Z")
The wall fluting on the left parallels the frame of the picture; the wall fluting on the right is tilted slightly. Artifact of perspective. If those extraneous lines lead you to see the pic as titled, crop 'em out. As a group portrait, it’s fine. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/7 "2017-06-11T23:46:24Z")
I can fix the perspective tilt if you’d like. The color as well. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/8 "2017-06-12T00:19:57Z")
Is [this](http://i.imgur.com/B1x0ReF.jpg) an improvement? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/9 "2017-06-12T00:49:47Z")
I think so, just for getting rid of the fluting. ETA: Actually, I don’t like what you’ve done to the color. But that’s just an opinion. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/10 "2017-06-12T01:11:11Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Is [this](http://i.imgur.com/B1x0ReF.jpg) an improvement? Needs reduction of red and yellow. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/11 "2017-06-12T01:26:48Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Is [this](http://i.imgur.com/B1x0ReF.jpg) an improvement? Too green. [Here’s](https://cl.ly/393M023b093m) my take on it. ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/12 "2017-06-12T03:54:19Z")
Thanks. I liked the last edit the best to be honest. The colors look right for the complexions of the people. This picture was taken at my aunt’s senior prom in May or June of 1967 - whenever her school held the Prom. My grandparents were elected as one of the chaperones by lottery. This picture, along with any others that may exist from that night, is the last of my grandparents together as a married couple. They would separate shortly after when my grandmother learned of my grandfather’s ongoing affair with another woman. Literally perhaps no more than 3 months later at best. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/13 "2017-06-12T05:57:25Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Needs reduction of red and yellow. Haha yeah comparing it to beowulff’s edit, you can tell I’ve been watching a lot of David Lynch lately: lots of dark, saturated reds. ---
**Author:** ![Reddy\_Mercury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@Reddy\_Mercury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reddy_Mercury)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/14 "2017-06-12T06:19:17Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Too green. > > [Here’s](https://cl.ly/393M023b093m) my take on it. Can you re-upload your version please? It’s no longer there. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/15 "2017-06-12T10:39:56Z")
Looks good to me. However, I did some [retouching](http://imgur.com/gallery/EMBpZ) of my own. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/16 "2017-06-12T13:20:11Z")
> [@Reddy\_Mercury](#): > > Can you re-upload your version please? It’s no longer there. Here you go: [[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/bVL7SKJ.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/9v9cy) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/17 "2017-06-12T13:23:10Z")
And then I thought, that background is a bit annoying, and those shadows are a bit harsh. So I [added a wall](http://imgur.com/a/7iNpp). ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/18 "2017-06-12T13:43:22Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > And then I thought, that background is a bit annoying, and those shadows are a bit harsh. So I [added a wall](http://imgur.com/a/7iNpp). If someone could photoshop grandpa’s mistress in, I think the pic would be complete. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-photo-scan-slanted-tilted/788672/19 "2017-06-12T14:26:01Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Too green. > > [Here’s](https://cl.ly/393M023b093m) my take on it. Yeppers. That looks by far the best to me.