If you drag a corner handle, the scaling is unconstrained
unless you press the Shift key.
Press the Command key (Mac) or the Alt key (Windows) to
mirror the scale on the opposite side of the selection.
Skewing selections in freeform mode
When a selection is in freeform mode, you can slant its shape by
dragging the side handles with the Ctrl key pressed. Skewing a selec-
tion reshapes it by changing the relationship of the sides of the selec-
tion.
To skew a selection: Press the Ctrl key and move the pointer
over one of the side handles. The pointer changes to an arrow head.
Drag the handle to skew the selection freely.
Press the Shift key to constrain the skew along the axis of
the handle side.
Press Command (Mac) or Alt (Windows) to have the oppo-
site side of the selection skew to maintain its relationship to
the side you are skewing around the center of the selection.
The modifier keys can be combined to produce both skewing effects
simultaneously.
To end freeform editing: Double-click inside the selection or
press Enter twice. The floating selection is still active. Then double-
click outside the paint object or press Enter twice to paste the pixels
as defined by the floating selection into the image.
If you do not want to change your original image, press Esc to leave
freeform mode. Canvas makes no changes to the image.
Rotating objects with the Rotate command
For precise rotations, you can use the Rotate command to rotate
selected objects in 0.01 degree increments around a center of rotation
you specify. This command is useful when you need to rotate multi-
ple objects an exact amount.
1
Select the object you want to rotate.
2
Choose Effects > Rotate.
Skew pointer
Skew outline