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  19.           <th colspan="3" align="center">3.4.5.┬áShear Tool</th>
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  22.           <td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch03s03s04s04.html">Prev</a>┬á</td>
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  33.             <h4 class="title"><a id="gimp-tool-shear"></a>3.4.5.┬áShear Tool</h4>
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  38.       <a id="id2955726" class="indexterm"></a>
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  40.         <img src="../images/toolbox/toolbox-shear.png" />
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  42.       <p>
  43.     The Shear Tool is used to shear layers.
  44.   </p>
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  49.               <h5 class="title"><a id="id2955758"></a>Activate Tool</h5>
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  54.         <div class="itemizedlist">
  55.           <ul type="disc">
  56.             <li>
  57.               <p>
  58.           The Shear Tool can be called in the following
  59.           order, from the image-menu:
  60.           <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ools</span>/
  61.           <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ransform
  62.             Tools</span>/<span class="guimenuitem">S<span class="accel">h</span>ear
  63.           </span>. 
  64.         </p>
  65.             </li>
  66.             <li>
  67.               <p>
  68.           The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:
  69.           <span class="guiicon">
  70.             <img src="../images/toolbox/shear.png" />
  71.           </span>
  72.         </p>
  73.             </li>
  74.           </ul>
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  77.       <div class="simplesect" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
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  79.           <div>
  80.             <div>
  81.               <h5 class="title"><a id="id2955821"></a>Key modifiers (Defaults)</h5>
  82.             </div>
  83.           </div>
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  87.           <dl>
  88.             <dt>
  89.               <span class="term">Shortcut</span>
  90.             </dt>
  91.             <dd>
  92.               <p>
  93.             The
  94.             <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span>-<span><b class="keycap">s</b></span>
  95.             key combination will change the active tool to Shear.            
  96.           </p>
  97.             </dd>
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  106.         <div class="variablelist">
  107.           <p class="title">
  108.             <b>Options</b>
  109.           </p>
  110.           <dl>
  111.             <dt>
  112.               <span class="term">Overview</span>
  113.             </dt>
  114.             <dd>
  115.               <p>
  116.           The available tool options for the Shear Tool can be accessed
  117.           by
  118.           double clicking the Shear Tool icon. 
  119.           <span class="guiicon"> <img src="../images/toolbox/shear.png" />
  120.           </span>
  121.         </p>
  122.             </dd>
  123.             <dt>
  124.               <span class="term">Affect</span>
  125.             </dt>
  126.             <dd>
  127.               <p>
  128.           The shear can affect the Layer, the Selection, and the Path
  129.           differently.  These three buttons associate the remainder of
  130.           the options to one of those three elements.
  131.         </p>
  132.             </dd>
  133.             <dt>
  134.               <span class="term">Interpolation</span>
  135.             </dt>
  136.             <dd>
  137.               <p>
  138.           The <span class="guilabel">Interpolation</span> drop-down list allows
  139.           you to
  140.           choose the quality of the transformation. For more
  141.           information about
  142.           the different methods that can be employed, see the glossary
  143.           entry
  144.           <a href="go01.html#glossary-interpolation">Interpolation</a>.
  145.         </p>
  146.             </dd>
  147.             <dt>
  148.               <span class="term">Clip Result</span>
  149.             </dt>
  150.             <dd>
  151.               <p>
  152.           This option will clip the rotated layer to the original layer
  153.           size.
  154.         </p>
  155.             </dd>
  156.             <dt>
  157.               <span class="term">Grid Options</span>
  158.             </dt>
  159.             <dd>
  160.               <p>
  161.           The three available grid options are used to change thevisual
  162.           display of the rotation grid.
  163.         </p>
  164.               <p>
  165.           <span class="guilabel">Don't Show Grid</span> will display only the
  166.           outline of
  167.           the rotation rectangle.
  168.         </p>
  169.               <p>
  170.           <span class="guilabel">Number of Grid Lines</span> will allow control
  171.           over the
  172.           total number of displayed grid lines. Use the
  173.           <span class="guilabel">Density</span> slider to set the number of grid
  174.           lines.
  175.         </p>
  176.               <p>
  177.           <span class="guilabel">Grid Line Spacing</span> allows control overthe
  178.           distance between the grid lines. Use the <span class="guilabel">Density</span>
  179.           slider to set the distance.
  180.         </p>
  181.             </dd>
  182.           </dl>
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