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Shear
The Shear tool can be used to slant objects relative to a
reference point, to give the appearance of a perspective.
To shear one or more objects, first select the objects to be
transformed and choose the Shear tool. With the Shear tool active,
click and drag anywhere on the canvas to shear the objects.
By default, the reference point will be located in the center of the selected shapes. To use a
different location for the reference point, simply click (without dragging) to set it at that
location.
Selected objects
Click and drag to shear
Objects can be sheared numerically using the Tool Options bar. Set the angle of shear in the
width and height fields and click ‘Shear’ to apply the transform. Clicking ‘Copy’ will
duplicate the objects first and then apply the shear transform to the copied objects.
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