PhotoPlus X6 User Guide - Serif

112 Manipulating Images
To hide the mesh for a better preview of the image:
• Click the Hide/Show Mesh button on the Mesh context toolbar.
Click again to reveal the mesh for editing.
The Deform Mesh option makes it easy to move, scale, skew, or rotate a mesh
region about a fixed point; a region is the area enclosed by multiple nodes. It
works just like the standard Deform Tool (described on p. 110) but on multiple
nodes instead of individual ones.
To deform the mesh systematically:
1. Shift-click or drag a marquee to select multiple nodes.
2. Click the Deform Mesh button on the Mesh Warp Tool's context
toolbar. A selection rectangle appears around the designated nodes (you
may need to zoom in to see this), with a fixed point in the centre and
handles at its corners, sides, and centre.
• To deform the mesh region, drag from any corner or midpoint
handle.
• To rotate the mesh region, drag from just outside any corner
handle.
• To move the fixed point, move the cursor over the fixed point
symbol until the cursor changes, then drag (this then lets you
perform arc rotations). To move the entire region, drag from
elsewhere within the region.
• Watch the Hintline for details on many key-assisted options such
as skew, squash/stretch, and perspective effects. In this respect,
the tool works almost exactly like the regular Deform Tool (see
p. 110).
3. Click the button again to return to standard mesh warping.