Rotating And Straightening Images - Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual

• The twirl counterclockwise tool (
pixels counterclockwise as you hold down the
mouse button or drag.
• The pucker tool ( ) to move pixels toward the
center of the brush area as you hold down the
mouse button or drag.
• The bloat tool ( ) to move pixels away from the
center of the brush area as you hold down the
mouse button or drag.
• The shift pixels tool ( ) to move pixels perpen-
dicular to the stroke direction. Drag to move pixels
to the left, and Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-
drag (Mac OS) to move pixels to the right.
• The reflection tool ( ) to copy pixels to the
brush area. Drag to reflect the area perpendicular
to the direction of the stroke (to the left of or below
the stroke). Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag
(Mac OS) to reflect the area in the direction
opposite to that of the stroke (for example, the
area above a downward stroke). Use overlapping
strokes to create an effect similar to a reflection in
water.
You can Shift-click with the warp, shift pixels,
and reflection tools to create the effect of
dragging in a straight line between the current
point and the previous point that you clicked or
Shift-clicked.
Click OK to apply the changes in the preview
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image to the actual image.
) to rotate To restore a preview image to a previous state:
Do one of the following:
Select the reconstruct tool (
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the mouse button or drag over the distorted areas.
The restoration occurs more quickly at the brush
center. Shift-click to reconstruct in a straight line
between the current point and the previous point
that you clicked or Shift-clicked.
• Click Revert, or Alt-click (Windows) or Option-
click (Mac OS) Reset, to restore the entire preview
image to its state when you opened the dialog
box. Revert also resets the tools to their previous
setting.
Rotating and straightening
images
You can rotate, flip, and straighten an entire image
using the commands in the Image > Rotate
submenu. To rotate a layer, see "Rotating layers,
selections, and shapes" on page 127.
Rotating and flipping images
Rotating an image turns it around its center point,
while flipping an image inverts it across its
horizontal or vertical axis.
To rotate or flip an entire image:
Choose Image > Rotate, and choose one of the
following commands from the submenu:
Canvas 90° Left to rotate the image counter-
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clockwise by a quarter-turn.
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