how to rotate an image with Mac Photos without changing the size?

This is MADDENING. I want to use the "Crop" function in Mac Photos to rotate an image slightly. I open the image, press "Crop" at top, and adjust the "Straighten" selector. The image rotates smoothly, BUT IT ALSO INCREASES THE SIZE, such that parts of the image get cropped off. How in the world do you "Straighten" without changing the size??? As an aside, how do you change the magnification of the image in Mac Photos?


This is major screwball. Help!

iMac 24″, macOS 14.5

Posted on May 27, 2024 6:08 PM

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Posted on May 28, 2024 7:51 AM

Dannymac22 wrote: Maybe someone could just agree with what I am seeing.

It looks to me like everyone understands exactly what you are seeing. You have a picture like this:


You don't like that tower to be at such a funny angle, so you straighten it and get this

With the tower nice and straight (and my wife leaning....)


But you wanted this:

And it seems to me that everyone told you that Photos doesn't do that-- Photos always makes rectangular pictures. This is not unusual for popular image editors. In fact, I don't remember anyone in this discussion group ever before mentioning that they needed this, so it's not likely to be something Apple would add to Photos.


That's why léonie thoughtfully suggested using GraphicConverter ($40) which is what I used to make the above image of the famous leaning wife of Pisa.


By the way, there is no "expansion" going on. As Yer_Man explained, in Photos, the remaining picture fills the screen, just like any other pictures does. One of the main advantages to straightening and/or cropping a picture is that the main subject better fills the screen.


I hope this helps you see what we see...

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