Distorting a selection

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With  Distort, you can drag the handles  in any direction to distort a selection. Since they aren’t constrained to 90 degrees, you can use them to create a sense of perspective or speed. Content is automatically stretched to fit the confines of the newly-shaped bounding box. Move the handles to force perspective upon the contents of the bounding box.

What is the bias

When using Distort, you will see a manipulator in the middle of the bounding box . This is the bias. Use it to foreshorten, change the proportions of a sketch, or change the actions of a character.

Distorting a selection in SketchBook Pro Desktop

Check out this video on How To: Transform | Distort

1. In the toolbar, tap  Transform and select . A bounding box appears surrounding the content.

2. Tap-drag the outer handles  to automatically stretch the content to fit the confines of the newly-shaped bounding box.

   Note:

   Since the handles aren’t constrained to 90 degrees, try using them to create a sense of perspective or speed. Move the handles to force perspective upon the contents of the bounding box. Use  in conjunction with the perspective guides to fit something into a scene.

3. Tap-drag the central handle, Bias, to foreshorten, change the proportions of a sketch, or change the actions of a character.

Distorting multiple layers

Select multiple layers, using Shift, then tap  to apply the same distortion to them. Tag-drag to distort the content in all the selected layers.

Distorting a selection in SketchBook for Mobile

1. Tap  and select . A bounding box appears surrounding the content.

   

2. Tap-drag the outer handles  to automatically stretch the content to fit the confines of the newly-shaped bounding box.

   Note:

   Since the handles aren’t constrained to 90 degrees, try using them to create a sense of perspective or speed. Move the handles to force perspective upon the contents of the bounding box. Use  in conjunction with the perspective guides to fit something into a scene.

   

3. Tap-drag the central handle, Bias, to foreshorten, change the proportions of a sketch, or change the actions of a character.

   

Distorting a selection in SketchBook for Windows 10

The Distort tool is found in two places, in the Transform and Text toolbars. This means you can stretch both images and text.

Distorting images

1. In the toolbar, tap  and select .

   

   A bounding box appears surrounding the content.

   

2. Tap-drag the outer handles  to automatically stretch the content to fit the confines of the newly-shaped bounding box.

   Note:

   Since the handles aren’t constrained to 90 degrees, try using them to create a sense of perspective or speed. Move the handles to force perspective upon the contents of the bounding box. Use  in conjunction with the perspective guides to fit something into a scene.

   

3. Tap-drag the central handle, Bias, to foreshorten, change the proportions of a sketch, or change the actions of a character.

   

Distorting text

1. In the toolbar, tap  and use the Text tools to create your text.

   

2. When your text is completed, select . A bounding box appears surrounding the content.

3. Tap-drag the outer handles  to automatically stretch the content to fit the confines of the newly-shaped bounding box.

   Note:

   Since the handles aren’t constrained to 90 degrees, try using them to create a sense of perspective or speed. Move the handles to force perspective upon the contents of the bounding box. Use  in conjunction with the perspective guides to fit something into a scene.

4. Tap-drag the central handle, Bias, to foreshorten and change the proportions of the text.