Rotating objects in freeform mode In freeform mode, the circular handles at each corner of the bounding box are rotation handles. The circle and crosshair in the center of the object is the point around which the object rotates. To rotate an object in freeform mode:  Drag one of the four corner handles. An outline of the object rotates as you drag a handle. To set the center of rotation:  Drag the centerpoint to a new location anywhere on the screen. To make the centerpoint snap to one of the handles or the center, press Shift as you drag. Skewing objects in freeform mode When an object is in freeform mode, you can slant its shape by drag- ging the horizontal and vertical skew handles. Skewing an object reshapes it by changing the relationship of the horizontal and vertical axes to the skew centerpoint. Canvas skews objects around a centerpoint that you can position to achieve the effect you want. You can drag the centerpoint to any position inside or outside the object. The location of the skew center- point changes the effect of dragging a skew handle on the object. To position the centerpoint on one of the freeform handles or in the center of the object, Shift-drag the centerpoint to place it. To skew an object horizontally:  Drag a horizontal skew handle to the left or right. To skew vertically:  Drag a vertical skew handle up or down. Freeform editing of floating image selections Use the Freeform command to place floating image selections in freeform edit mode. When you put an image selection in freeform mode, you can rotate and skew it by dragging special handles. To float a copy of a selection 1 With a paint object in edit mode, make a selection with the Marquee or Lasso tool. The selection can encompass the entire paint object. 2 Do one of the following: •   Choose Image > Select > Float. •   Option-drag (Mac) or Ctrl-drag (Windows) the selection. This moves the selection and puts it in freeform mode.
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