However, sometimes other orientations are necessary. When you must rotate, heed these tips:
- Always save an original version of the image and rotate a copy so you have a 'clean' copy to go back to if the distortion is too much.
- If you rotate once but then decide you want to rotate it just a little more or less, go back to the original orientation and rotate the desired amount (that is instead of one rotation of 20 degrees then a second rotation of 5 degrees, go back to the original orientation and rotate once to 25 degrees). This way you limit the amount of distortion.
- Use blur, sharpen, or other filter effects selectively on those areas of the image that need a little tweaking after rotation (to minimize the distorted pixels).
