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So anyway.... There's alot of tools in potoshop. I'm no expert..but i
suspect you might be able to create an action that would give
you a vanilla correction.
Fundamentally, it's a loaded question, because imo you are paying for
that "distortion" by going wide angle - it's what it does. The best
correction might be using a longer lens - or factor, and making a pan.
I have wished for a composite of both effects...which i suppose will
entail me learning how to fix parts of the pic - like the right and
left sides of a wide angle shot where everything is streched; but
maintain the distortion in center field.
But..if i was to stick to the point - the original question - then the
mentioned "familly" of controls is the answer. You can get in there
and tweek the heck out of them..and that seeming complexity
- that contol - is what ya pay for. It's why alot of folks use the
thing to begin with.
As far as the notion of "plugs" go, they are "controls" and if
you want to build your own...i believe you can. Plugs are just
that...someone farmed the runtime or api for functionality, or added
to it via it's interface/component extensiblity..that's cool.
I don't know paint shop at all...wish i had a copy cause i've seen
some neat stuff done in it; but how much do you want to learn.
It becomes daunting...
I enjoyed the question because it made me think about what native
filter did what a debarrelize plug i have did...and now i can fool
with that.
I
f you want to draw a rectangle and hit the button (taylors post) and
you like the result. ...it's all good. Often, i think that would be
appealing. If you want more control...welcome to the complexity.
That's alot of verbage for me and it was easier to just list the
controls; and let someone else say RTHF.
Best to ya's all
Ken