User Guide
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CHAPTER 8. TOOLS 81
Center Center X displays or sets the X-axis for the rotation axis point. The axis can
be moved with themouse by clicking and dragging. Center Y displays or sets
the Y-axis for the rotation axis point. The axis can be moved with themouse by
clicking and dragging.
Rotate The Rotate button tells the tool to perform the rotation.
Reset The Reset button resets the rotation settings to the original values. That is,
those values that were present prior to modification.
Key modifiers •
Ctrl constrains the rotation angle to 15 degree increments.
8.36.4 Scaling
The Scaling transform mode is used to scale the active layer or selection. This is
achieved by clicking the area and dragging with themouse.
Changes are finalized by clicking Scale in the Scaling Information window. Scaling
Information
Original Width / Height This area located at the top of the Scaling Information window
shows the height and width of the original layer or selection.
Current Width The Current Width displays or sets the width of the scaled region.
Current Height The Current Height displays or sets the height of the scaled region.
Scale Ratio Scale Ratio X and Scale Ratio Y display the ratio of the active region in
comparison to the original layer or selection. This is useful for maintaining the
aspect ratio for the resulting layer or selection.
Scale The Scale button tells the transform tool to actually perform the scaling opera-
tion.
Reset The Reset button resets all changed values to their previous settings.
Key modifiers •
Ctrl constrains the horizontal aspect.
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Alt constrains the vertical aspect.
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Ctrl
Alt constrains both the horizontal and vertical aspects.
8.36.5 Shearing
The Shearing tool is used to shear a layer or selection, vertically or horizontally. To
shear simply click the layer or selection and drag themouse cursor vertically or horizon-
tally. Shear Information
Shear Magnitude The Shear Magnitude X and Shear Magnitude Y input boxes dis-
play the vertical (Y) or horizontal (X) magnitude of the current shear. The magni-
tude can also be manually entered here.
Shear The Shear button tells the tool to perform the current shearing operation.
Reset The Reset button resets the shearing magnitudes to zero.