268 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide
• Scaling resizes an image horizontally, vertically, or proportionally.
• Shearing skews an image vertically or horizontally.
• Distorting an image stretches or contracts it in any direction.
• Applying perspective to an image corrects the perspective or
applies a false perspective. For information about correcting
image perspective, see “Correcting photographic perspective” on
page 164.
• Rotating an image moves it around a pivot point. For information
about rotating images, see “Rotating images” on page 154.
When you transform an image, the transformations are applied to the
layer on which the image resides. You can apply transformations to any
raster layer or selection.
Setting scaling and transformation options
You can precisely control many of the deform settings. The following
options appear on the Tool Options palette when the Pick tool is active:
• Pivot X, Pivot Y — sets the X and Y coordinates of the rotation
pivot point
• Position X, Position Y — sets the X and Y coordinates of the top
left corner handle
• Scale X (%), Scale Y (%) — sets the percentage of change for the
horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) resizing
• Shear — sets the offset of a side. Positive values shear to the right,
and negative values shear to the left.
• Angle — sets the rotation around the pivot point. The image is
rotated clockwise, from 0 to 360 degrees.
• Reset Rectangle button — resets the deformation rectangle to
its original shape but keeps any current deformations
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