After hearing complaints, Google returns key correction tool to Google Photos
Google admits that it listened to Google Photos users who were not happy with the removal of this feature.
It seems that Google has been listening to Google Photos users about a couple of changes that were originally made to the cropping tool's built-in editor in the app. Users of the app wanted these two features returned to the Google Photos app after being removed during the summer. The first tool that was returned was the perspective correction tool, which allows you, according to a Google support page, to "manually correct the perspective of a photo, which is especially helpful for straightening out flat objects like documents or paintings on a wall."
The perspective correction tool returns to Google Photos' new editor
Google said that it was excited to announce that it was adding the perspective correction tool back to the new editor. Also excited is this other Google Photos user who wrote in Reddit four months ago how upset he was with Google because "We like to use perspective correction when taking photos of paintings. We often have to go at angles off axis to avoid glare." He then asked, "Did Google remove it altogether? Or did they move it? Why does Google make dramatic senseless changes like this?" The answers, at the time, were "Yes," "No," and "Who the heck knows?"
The second thing that Google returned to the Google Photos app at the request of users was the shape of the four corners of the crop screen. The four corners were returned to their original 90-degree angles from the rounded design that the crop screen sported over the summer. The 90-degree corners make it easier to view your entire image. The changes appeared in Google Photos version 7.55.0.835314738.
How to use the perspective correction tool
If your phone is running this version of the Google Photos app but you don't have the two changes, you might need Google to activate a server-side update. To check the version of the app you're running, go to Settings > Apps > See all xxx apps. Scroll to Photos, tap on the name, and you'll be sent to the Google Photos App info page. Once there, scroll all the way to the bottom of the page to get the version number of the app.
To use the perspective correction tool in Google Photos, pick a photo that needs to be adjusted. Tap on Edit > Tools > Crop and tap the icon in the top-right. Manually adjust the lines with a finger to where you want the photo to be cropped. Tap the check mark in the oval sitting in the bottom right. And you have cropped and straightened your photo.
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