Further, with Free Transform active, you can temporarily switch to the Skew, Distort, or Perspective modes directly from the keyboard without having to select them from any menu.

If you select any of these sub-options, you can hold Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) while clicking and dragging to perform the function.

When a bounding box is visible around an object, right-click for Windows or Control + click (Mac) will display the Transform options sub-menu containing the rotate, skew, distort, etc.

Holding down Shift + Alt (Windows) or Shift + Option (Mac) while clicking and dragging a handle will resize an object proportionally from its center if you click a corner handle, or will adjust opposite sides equally if you are using a side handle.

When dragging a handle on a bounding box in Free Transform, hold down your Shift key, which will constrain the aspect ratio as an alternative to clicking the Maintain Aspect Ratio button.

Hold down your Alt key for Windows or Option key for Mac as you’re dragging the handle to reshape the area from its center.

This will place a bounding box around the selected layer/object.

Use Ctrl + T for Windows or Command+T for Mac to activate Free Transform.

Drag the control points, a line, or an area within the mesh to change the shape of the mesh and the shape of the object will follow.īecause it can be more efficient to keep your hands on the keyboard, here are some keyboard shortcuts you can use for resizing. When activated, a “mesh” graph appears over the image.

Warp allows detailed manipulation of the shape of an object.

Grab a corner handle and drag to apply the perspective you want.

Perspective applies a one-point perspective to the chosen object.

Use the corner handles to distort the shape.

Distort allows you to stretch your object in all directions.

Just drag a side handle to slant the bounding box.

Skew will slant your object vertically and horizontally.

Press Shift to move the rotation in 15° increments. You can then drag the pointer to rotate the image. If you move your pointer outside the bounding border it becomes a curved, two-sided arrow.

Rotate will rotate the image around a fixed reference point.

For a more detailed discussion, view this article.

Here’s a quick description of what each of the subfunctions will do.

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