This tool allows you to apply moving, rotating, shearing, perspective and scaling corrections using handles placed on canvas.
 
        Original image: a text layer
You can use 1 to 4 handles, and the effect depends on the number of handles. The tool acts on a selection, or, if there is no selection, on the whole layer. The active handle is bigger than the others. When the mouse pointer is on a handle, it goes with a small icon that represents the active action.
When you click and drag a handle, a transformation is applied, and the other handles stay at their place:
With 1 handle: click and drag the handle to move all pixels of the selection.
        
With 2 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you rotate around the other handle as a center, and you scale the selection, keeping the aspect ratio.
        
With 3 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you shear and scale the selection, aspect ratio is not kept.
        
With 4 handles: when you click and drag a handle, you change perspective and scale the selection, aspect ratio is not kept.
        
There are different possibilities to activate the tool:
From the image-menu: → →
          The Tool can also be called by clicking the tool icon:
          
             
          
        
or by clicking on the ShiftCtrlH keyboard shortcut.
Press Shift and click on a handle to move it.
Press Ctrl and click on a handle to remove it.
      The available tool options can be accessed by double clicking the
      Handle Transform tool icon.
      
         in toolbox.
      
      in toolbox.
    
| ![[Note]](images/note.png)  | Note | 
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| See Section 4.1, “Common Features” for a description of tool options that apply to many or all transformation tools. | 
To set the opacity of the preview
These options are describes in key modifiers section.