The Deform Tool

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The Deform Tool

There are a couple of tools that you can use only on raster layers that support transparency. One of these is the Deform tool. You use the Deform tool to resize, rotate, or deform a figure on a layer.

When you select the Deform tool, a bounding box with handles surrounds the content of the active layer. Drag any of the corner handles to resize the image. (Drag with the right mouse button depressed if you want to maintain the aspect ratio of the original.) Drag inside the bounding box to reposition the content of the layer, and drag with the handle that extends from the center of the bounding box to rotate the layer's contents.

Drag the top or bottom handle to change the vertical dimension without affecting the horizontal. Drag one of the side handles to change the horizontal dimension without affecting the vertical.

Figures 4.52 through 4.54 show how you can deform the contents of a layer in several other ways as well. In each of the examples, a regular five-pointed star is being deformed.

Figure 4.52. Deform in Shear mode.

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Figure 4.53. Deform in Perspective mode.

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Figure 4.54. Deform in Free mode.

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