4.11. Handle Transform
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### 4.11. Handle Transform

Figure 14.152. Handle Transform tool

This tool allows you to apply moving, rotating, shearing, perspective and scaling corrections using handles placed on canvas.

Original image: a text layer

You can use 1 to 4 handles, and the effect depends on the number of handles. The tool acts on a selection, or, if there is no selection, on the whole layer. The active handle is bigger than the others. When the mouse pointer is on a handle, it goes with a small icon that represents the active action.

When you click and drag a handle, a transformation is applied, and the other handles stay at their place:

- With 1 handle: click and drag the handle to move all pixels of the selection.

  Figure 14.153. Example for 1 handle (Move)

- With 2 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you rotate around the other handle as a center, and you scale the selection, keeping the aspect ratio.

  Figure 14.154. Example for 2 handles (Rotate and scale)

- With 3 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you shear and scale the selection, aspect ratio is not kept.

  Figure 14.155. Example for 3 handles (Shear and scale)

- With 4 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you change perspective and scale the selection, aspect ratio is not kept.

  Figure 14.156. Example for 4 handles (Change perspective and scale)

#### 4.11.1. Activating the Tool

There are different possibilities to activate the tool:

- From the image-menu: Tools → Transform Tools → Handle Transform

- The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:

- or by clicking on the Shift Ctrl H keyboard shortcut.

#### 4.11.2. Key modifiers

Shift

  Press Shift and click on a handle to move it.

Ctrl

  Press Ctrl and click on a handle to remove it.

#### 4.11.3. Options

Figure 14.157. Handle Transform Tool options

The available tool options can be accessed by double clicking the Handle Transform tool icon. in toolbox.

Transform, Direction, Interpolation, Clipping, Show image preview, Guides

  | Note
  See Section 4.1, “Common Features” for a description of tool options that apply to many or all transformation tools.

Image opacity

  To set the opacity of the preview

Handle mode

  These options are describes in key modifiers section.

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