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This tool allows you to apply moving, rotating, shearing, perspective and scaling corrections using handles placed on canvas.
Original image: a text layer
You can use 1 to 4 handles, and the effect depends on the number of handles. The tool acts on a selection, or, if there is no selection, on the whole layer. The active handle is bigger than the others. When the mouse pointer is on a handle, it goes with a small icon that represents the active action.
When you click and drag a handle, a transformation is applied, and the other handles stay at their place:
With 1 handle: click and drag the handle to move all pixels of the selection.
With 2 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you rotate around the other handle as a center, and you scale the selection, keeping the aspect ratio.
With 3 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you shear and scale the selection, aspect ratio is not kept.
With 4 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you change perspective and scale the selection, aspect ratio is not kept.
There are different possibilities to activate the tool:
From the main menu: → → .
By clicking the tool icon
in the Toolbox.
By pressing the ShiftL keyboard shortcut.
Press Shift and click on a handle to move it.
Press Ctrl and click on a handle to remove it.
The available tool options can be accessed by double clicking the
tool icon in the toolbox:
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These options are described in Transform tools common options. |
To set the opacity of the preview
These options are describes in key modifiers section.
