KIllustrator offers tools that allow the easy modification of drawn primitives, such as scaling, rotating, and shifting tools. This section describes how to perform these transformations.

Rotation here describes the rotation of an object about a centre point. Proceed as follows:
left-click on the object to be rotated. The selection frame appears around the object. Left-click again and the transformation frame appears.
left-click (and hold) over one of the corner arrows and rotate the object by moving the mouse while holding down the left mouse button.
release the mouse button

Scaling an object allows the user to increase or reduce the size of an object. To scale an object:
left-click on the object to be scaled---the selection frame appears.
left-click (and hold) on a point in the selection frame in the direction the object is to be scaled.
scale the object by moving the mouse with the left button held down.
release the mouse button.
Proportional scaling can be done by holding down the CTRL key in the third step.

To shift an object proceed as follows:
left-click on the object to be shifted
with the left mouse button pressed move the mouse to reposition the object
release the left mouse button
If you hold down the CTRL key while shifting, the object will be shifted horizontally or vertically only.

In the previous sections the transformations of whole objects were presented. We now turn our attention to the manipulation of individual sections of objects. NOTE: Before the object can be modified the object must be selected using the selection tool.

For shifting individual points in a object:
left-click (and hold) on the point to be shifted
with the left mouse button held move the mouse to reposition the point
release the mouse button

This tool adds control points to an object. To add a point left-click on the object at the point where the new control point is desired.

With this tool one can delete control points from an object---simply left-click on the point to be deleted.

To fill an object with a colour select the object and left-click on the desired colour in the colour palette. If the required colour is not in the palette or a pattern fill is required, proceed as follows:
select the object to be filled.
right-click on the object---a popup menu appears.
select the "Properties" menu entry.
select the "Fill" tab in the dialog.
choose to fill with a solid colour, a pattern, or a gradient colour.
NOTE: Remember to choose a colour by clicking the coloured buttons in the dialog else it might appear that there is no fill.