Transformations

Press CTRL + T to begin a transformation on a selection or a layer.

Scale Handle

Grab a handle around the edges and corners to scale any object or layer.

Hold Shift key while dragging to keep the aspect ratio of the object.

Hold Alt key while dragging to scale to the objects centre marker.

Rotate Handle

Move the mouse outside of a corner handle and the mouse pointer shows a rotation symbol.

Drag to rotate the object around its centre maker.

Hold Shift key to rotate in steps.

Transform Options

Right click on the object while in transform mode to bring up other options such as skew, distort and perspective.

Options also include flipping horizontally and vertically.

Transformation Toolbar

Expand the transformation toolbar, a pair of calipers which sits at the top left of the canvas, to see more options.

The buttons will apply a transformation in steps and includes the flip horizontal and vertical options.

You can also adjust the grid and snapping to grid options from this toolbar.

Transformations can be performed with different methods that affect the appearance of the pixels. Nearest Neighbour will preserve hard pixels whereas Smooth will anti-alias and result is a less rough looking transformation. Change the method used from this toolbar.

Commit a transformation

When you start a transformation operation, or a simple move with the move tool, you can experiment freely positioning, stretching and rotating the object. When you are happy with the result, click the tick icon that appears on both the main tool bar and the transformation toolbar if you have it open. You can also press Enter key to commit. Alternatively, click the cancel icon or press Esc to abort.

Tip: Cloning with the move tool

The move tool when not in transformation mode will let you reposition an object on a layer somewhere else on your canvas. Holding the Alt key while dragging with the mouse will make a copy of the object. Useful for quick duplication operations without needing to copy and paste.

There is more you can do with transformations, selections and the move tool. Have fun exploring all the features of Imagery!

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