Re: [Gimp-gui] The GUI for the Measure (and Straighten) Tool

[Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre prokoudine gmail com>]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 3:17 AM Gary Curzi wrote:
> Using GIMP 2.10.8/Win7-32
>
> The Measure tool now contains a "straighten" function, which is very useful. I use it to rotate scanned 
> photos so they are perpendicular to the Image window.
>
> But "straighten", which is a specialized type of Rotate, and "measure" are two completely different types 
> of functions.  One provides information about an image, the other transforms the image.

Ironically, straightening is built into the Crop tool in Photoshop,
which is also a whole different tool. I say "ironically", because
people keep telling us we should copy Photoshop to make GIMP easier to
use :)

https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-straighten-a-crooked-image-in-photoshop/

Alex