Transforming

The Transform command lets you apply transformations, rotate, and scale in one continuous operation.

Select what you want to transform, and do one of the following:

shift ⇧ to scale proportionately.

Scale

When you move the mouse to a corner, your cursor will turn to a cursor so that you can perform scaling both horizontally and vertically.

Also you can specify width and height in the transformation palette text boxes.

shift ⇧ to rotate every 15°

Rotate

To rotate by dragging, position the pointer outside of the bounding border; when the pointer becomes a cursor, then drag.

To rotate numerically, enter degrees in the rotation text box or use the Rotation option in the transformation palette text box.

Distort

Distort allows you to stretch a selection in both a horizontal and a vertical position at the same time to go beyond the boundary of the picture.

To use the Distort command, click on the gear icon in the Transform palette, choose Distort, and move corner handle.

Skew

Skew stretches only in either a horizontal or a vertical per drag.

To use the Skew command, click on the gear icon in the Transform palette, choose Skew, and move corner handle.

Perspective

Perspective changes opposite sides of an image equally.

To use the Perspective command, click on the gear icon in the Transform palette, choose Perspective, and move corner handle.