Learn how to scale, rotate, warp, and flip images.
1. First, right click on the image of the Chameleon shown above and then click "Save Image As" to save
it on your computer.
2. Go to your downloads folder, and drag the image into
your Photoshop document.
1. On the top of the screen, click on "Edit" and navigate down to "Transform".
2. In this
new dropdown, click on "Scale". You will see these grids and squares around the image.
3. Click on one of the corners and drag it in any direction. You'll notice that the size of
the whole image changes in the direction of the corner you selected. If you hold "shift"
on your keyboard while doing this, Photoshop will let you scale it unproportionately.
1. Press Control or Command + Z to undo the transformation and to go back to the original image.
2. In the same "Transform"
dropdown, click on "Rotate". If you move your cursor around the image, you'll see 2 arrows
pointing in different directions.
3. Hold down your left mouse button and drag it either clockwise or
counterclockwise outside the image. The entire image will rotate in whichever direction you
move your cursor.
1. Undo your transformation to revert to the original image.
2. Go to "Transform" again but this time, select
"Skew". You will see similar grids and corner boxes around the image.
3. This time, try dragging the corners of
the image in various directions and then try dragging the boxes in the middle of the edges.
The middle boxes allow you to slant an image horizontally or vertically, while the corner
boxes allow you to skew it in just that one direction.
1. Undo the skew transformation.
2. Go to "Transform" again and select "Warp". The image
will look slightly different this time with several blue dots around the edges.
3. Place your cursor anywhere on the image and drag a part of it in any direction. This
will allow you to stretch or squish any part your picture. Think of it like
working with clay where you're able to wrap and stretch a shape in any direction you want to.
1. Undo your transformation one last time.
2. Go back to "Transform" and on the bottom of the menu,
you will see "Flip Horizontal" and "Flip Vertical". Click on "Flip Horizontal". You will
notice that your image flips horizontally sort of like a card. The Flip command works by creating
a mirror image of your original layer. So you can make the left side of your image the right side.
3. If you click on "Flip Vertical", this will flip your image in a vertical position, so the top
becomes the bottom.