4.11. Handle Transform

4.11. Handle Transform
	4. Transform Tools

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.

Obrázek 14.118. Example for 1 handle (Move)
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.

Obrázek 14.119. Example for 2 handles (Rotate and scale)
With 3 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you shear and scale the selection, aspect ratio is not kept.

Obrázek 14.120. Example for 3 handles (Shear and scale)
With 4 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you change perspective and scale the selection, aspect ratio is not kept.

Obrázek 14.121. Example for 4 handles (Change perspective and scale)

4.11.1. Activating the Tool

There are different possibilities to activate the tool:

From the main menu: Tools → Transform Tools → Handle Transform.
By clicking the tool icon in the Toolbox.
By pressing the Shift+L keyboard shortcut.

4.11.2. Key modifiers

Shift: Press Shift and click on a handle to move it.
Ctrl: Press Ctrl and click on a handle to remove it.

4.11.3. Options

Obrázek 14.122. Handle Transform Tool options

The available tool options can be accessed by double clicking the tool icon in the toolbox:

Transformovat, Směr, Cubic (sometimes called „Bicubic“): The color of each pixel is computed as the average color of the eight closest pixels in the original image. This usually gives the best result, but it naturally takes more time., Clipping, Show image preview, Guides

	Poznámka
	These options are described in Transform tools common options.

Image opacity

To set the opacity of the preview

Handle mode

These options are describes in key modifiers section.