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Skewing

What is it?

  • To twist the image so it is not straight.

  • Resize a picture either vertically, horizontally with some angle.

  • After skewing image the resolution changes.

Types of Skewing

Skewing

Vertical Skew

Horizontal Skew

  • There are 2-types of skewing in MS Paints.

  • ​Example of Vertical Skew (-89° to 89°):

Original Image​

30° vertical skewed image

-30° vertical skewed image

  • Example of Horizontal Skew (-89° to 89°):

-30° horizontal skewed image

30° horizontal skewed image

How to Skewing? 

  • Microsoft Paint provides you the ability to resize and skew a picture.

  • This is one of the easier ways to do resizing in simple desktop operations.

Step 1​

  • Open a file in MS Paint on your desktop.

Step 2

  • 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

  • Now go to the "Image" drop-down list and move down to select Stretch/Skew.

  • Or press  Ctrl + W to get Stretch/Skew window.

Step 4

  • You will see the Stretch/Skew command panel.

  • The "Stretch" command will resize your image by percentage.

  • 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

  • Take a look at your finished image.

  • 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)

  • We can get a better understandable picture but it get jagged in edges.

Why Skewing?

  • To get the correct image, If an image is slanting too far in one direction, or one that is misaligned.

  •  Also called deskew.

  • This process is done in the post-production stage using graphics software.

  • In Photoshop k, it allows us to skew an image with more usability.

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