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# Freely transform

The Free Transform command lets you apply transformations, rotate, and scale in one continuous operation.

Select what you want to transform, and do one of the following:

- Select Move tool
  1. Select Show Transform Controls in Tool Options palette.
  2. Drag or click handle.
- Choose Edit ‣ Free Transform
- Press Command ⌘ + F

shift ⇧ to scale proportionately.

Scale

When you move the mouse to a corner, your cursor will turn to a cursor so that you can perform scaling both horizontally and vertically.

Also you can specify width and height in the transformation palette text boxes.

shift ⇧ to rotate every 15°

Rotate

To rotate by dragging, position the pointer outside of the bounding border; when the pointer becomes a cursor, then drag.

To rotate numerically, enter degrees in the rotation text box or use the Rotation option in the transformation palette text box.

Distort

Distort allows you to stretch a selection in both a horizontal and a vertical position at the same time to go beyond the boundary of the picture.

To use the Distort command, choose Edit ‣ Transform ‣ Distort, and move corner handle.

Skew

Skew stretches only in either a horizontal or a vertical per drag.

To use the Skew command, choose Edit ‣ Transform ‣ Skew, and move corner handle.

Perspective

Perspective changes opposite sides of an image equally.

To use the Perspective command, choose Edit ‣ Transform ‣ Perspective, and move corner handle.

- To do a transformation, press OK or Return ↩, or double-click inside the Transformation marquee.
- To cancel, press Cancel or Escape ⎋