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- The Perspective Tool is used to change the perspective of layers.
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- The Perspective Tool can be called in the following
- order, from the image-menu:
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ools</span>/
- <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">T</span>ransform
- Tools</span>/<span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">P</span>erspective
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- The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:
- <span class="guiicon">
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/toolbox/perspective.png" /></span>
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- <span class="term">Shortcut</span>
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- The
- <span><b class="keycap">Shift</b></span>-<span><b class="keycap">p</b></span>
- key combination will change the active tool to Perspective.
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- <span class="term">Overview</span>
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- The available tool options for the Perspective Tool can be accessed
- by
- double clicking the Perspective Tool icon.
- <span class="guiicon">
- <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/toolbox/perspective.png" /></span>
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- <span class="term">Affect</span>
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- The transformation can affect the Layer, the Selection, and the Path
- differently. These three buttons associate the remainder of
- the options to one of those three elements.
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- <span class="term">Transform Direction</span>
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- <span class="guilabel">Forward (Traditional)</span>: Performs
- transformation according to the direction of grid lines: if
- grid is bent 10┬░ to the left then the image will be bent 10┬░
- to the left too.
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- <span class="guilabel">Backward (Corrective)</span>: Performs
- transformation in the reverse direction of grid lines: if grid
- is bent 10┬░ to the left then the image will be bent 10┬░ to the
- right and so will be set upright. This option is used to
- correct perspective deformations. You bend grid lines to align
- them on the image lines that you want straighten up then you
- click Transform in the Info Window. You can have to clip the
- image after this transformation.
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- <span class="term">Interpolation</span>
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- The <span class="guilabel">Interpolation</span> drop-down list allows
- you to
- choose the quality of the transformation. For more
- information about
- the different methods that can be employed, see the glossary
- entry
- <a href="go01.html#glossary-interpolation">Interpolation</a>.
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- <span class="term">Clip Result</span>
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- This option will clip the rotated layer to the original layer
- size.
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- <span class="term">Grid Options</span>
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- The three available grid options are used to change thevisual
- display of the rotation grid.
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- <span class="guilabel">Don't Show Grid</span> will display only the
- outline of
- the rotation rectangle.
- </p>
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- <span class="guilabel">Number of Grid Lines</span> will allow control
- over the
- total number of displayed grid lines. Use the
- <span class="guilabel">Density</span> slider to set the number of grid
- lines.
- </p>
- <p>
- <span class="guilabel">Grid Line Spacing</span> allows control overthe
- distance between the grid lines. Use the <span class="guilabel">Density</span>
- slider to set the distance.
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