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Object Handling 91

Skewing using the InfoBar
To skew horizontally type an angle into the skew text box and press "".

To skew vertically:
1. Click the center-right button on the 3x3 matrix on the InfoBar.
2. Type an angle into the skew text box and press "". Positive values skew
downwards, and negative upwards.

Flipping objects

This is part of the SELECTORTOOL. Clicking on the FLIP buttons flips the
object vertically or horizontally around the transformation center.
The scale and aspect ratio do not change; the object just flips.

Feathering

Sometimes you want to blur the edges of an object so it blends, or fades, into a
background object. This is called "feathering". An example is merging two photos
together when you want to avoid a sharp edge between them.

The feather control is on the right side of the top bar.
To feather an object:

1. Select the object or objects you want to feather.
2. Either enter a numeric size for the feather into the text box
Or
Click the arrow to show the pop-up slider. As you drag the slider the objects are
feathered.

Feathering blends or blurs the edges of objects.
If you have multiple objects selected, the feather appears around each object. If you
group the objects, the feather appears around the outside of the group.