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Transform Skew by mouse vs by typing exact value

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March 22, 2024
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Hello,
I attached a video with the details.

I've done a skew on 2 selected objects by mouse dragging, but I want to get the same result by typing an exact value (number) rather than using the mouse drag. Because it's hard to drag the mouse to an exact whole number, so I want to make it by typing a value as a number, not dragging. The problem is when I type a number, it does the skew but only to one side (I want to bring 2 corners closer to each other). But with typing it only skew the whole thing to only one side, which is not what I want.

Best,

Adam

Photoshop_Skew_problem.zip

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c.pfaffenbichler

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Come to think of it …

Transforming multiple Layers via Script works out easier by grouping them and evaluating the »boundsNoEffects«.

Trevor.Dennis

Community Expert

FWIIW I almost never use the Free Transform settings. I Ctrl drag a corner handle to distort

Ctrl drag a middle handle to skew

The only time I use the X: and Y: field values is for the centre handle, like when using Step & Repeat

Unfortunately, the outside handles wont snap to guides or the grid.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

By virtue of the keyboard shortcut you are using you are not skewing.

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adam2287631Author

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Ok. Thanks. So what is the answer to my question?

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

That you haven’t been using the term »skew« correctly?

If you want to be able to give numerical input for perspectival transformation in Photoshop you would need to use a Script as far as I can tell.

Which seems perfectly possible (for a first transformation at least, if the object is a Smart Object that has already been transformed the issue gets »murky«), but which kind of input makes the most sense in your use-case?

An angle or a distance for the two corners or the percentage of the width in relation to the original width or …?

Please provide sample files for original and intended result.

mglush

Community Expert

The difference in your result seems to be the keyboard shortcuts you are adding. What exactly is Control-Alt-Shift doing to the image? Is the Alt key making both sides move and the Shift Key constraining it? If so, then this is what we need to duplicate when typing in a number.

Michelle

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adam2287631Author

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"the Alt key making both sides move and the Shift Key constraining it"
I think so.
"this is what we need to duplicate when typing in a number."
What do you mean by that? I can make it by using the CTRL+SHIFT+ALT+MouseDrag, but I can't reach the same result by typing in a number for both sides. That's the problem. By MouseDrag it takes 1 sec to drag the 2 sides at the same time but it's painful to drag the mouse to the exact value. (almost impossible to drag the exact number I want). But I can't type in a number for both 2 sides to make the same result. You mean make a copy of one side of the object and then mirror it or rotate it? I think that's not how I want to make it.

didiermazier

Community Expert

You are right. I also tried with perspective wich does not require any shortcut and the problem remains the same. Changing the angle value only affect one of the rectangles…

Hope somebody will find a trick. But this meust be reported to the Photoshop team not as a bug but a deficient functionality that they could consider to enhance…

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