4.7. Perspective Tool
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### 4.7. Perspective Tool

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Revision $Revision: 1763 $ | 2006-02-16 | j.h

Figure 13.58. Perspective tool

The Perspective Tool is used to change the perspective of the active layer content, of the selection boundaries or of a path. When you click on the image, according to the Preview type you have selected, a rectangular frame or a grid pops up around the selection (or around the whole layer if there is no selection), with a handle on each of the four corners. By moving these handles by click-and-drag, you can modify the perspective. At the same time, a “Transformation informations ” pop up, which lets you valid the transformation. At the center of the element, a point lets you move the element by click-and-drag.

#### 4.7.1. Activate Tool

You can get to the Perspective tool in several ways :

- In the the image-menu through: Tools/ Transform Tools/Perspective ,

- By clicking the tool icon: in Toolbox,

- or by using the Shift-P key combination.

#### 4.7.2. Options

Figure 13.59. “Perspective” tool options

Overview

  The available tool options for the Perspective Tool can be accessed by double clicking the Perspective Tool icon.

Affect; Interpolation; Transform Direction; Supersampling; Clip Result; Preview

  | Note
  These options are described in Transform tools common options

The Information window for perspective transformation

Figure 13.60. The dialog window of the “Perspective” tool

Matrix

  You can get a small knowledge about matrices in the Convolution Matrix plug-in.

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