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Skewing
What is it?
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To twist the image so it is not straight.
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Resize a picture either vertically, horizontally with some angle.
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After skewing image the resolution changes.

Types of Skewing
Skewing
Vertical Skew
Horizontal Skew
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There are 2-types of skewing in MS Paints.
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​Example of Vertical Skew (-89° to 89°):



Original Image​
30° vertical skewed image
-30° vertical skewed image
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Example of Horizontal Skew (-89° to 89°):


-30° horizontal skewed image
30° horizontal skewed image
How to Skewing?
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Microsoft Paint provides you the ability to resize and skew a picture.
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This is one of the easier ways to do resizing in simple desktop operations.
Step 1​
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Open a file in MS Paint on your desktop.

Step 2
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Load the picture you want to work with. Select the image file under the "File" menu or cut and paste it into a new MS Paint window.

Step 3
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Now go to the "Image" drop-down list and move down to select Stretch/Skew.
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Or press Ctrl + W to get Stretch/Skew window.

Step 4
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You will see the Stretch/Skew command panel.
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The "Stretch" command will resize your image by percentage.
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Just enter a number into the text box marked "Horizontal" and the text box marked "Vertical."

Enter the angle here.
(-89° to 89°)
Step 5
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Take a look at your finished image.
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If it isn't right, you have the option to redo the last command and enter higher numbers, or just reopen the command panel and enlarge the current scale.

Original image​
Resolution (1200 x 804)

After skewing (-19°)
Resolution (1477 x 804)
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We can get a better understandable picture but it get jagged in edges.
Why Skewing?
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To get the correct image, If an image is slanting too far in one direction, or one that is misaligned.
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Also called deskew.
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This process is done in the post-production stage using graphics software.
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In Photoshop k, it allows us to skew an image with more usability.
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