Can you rotate the Transform bounding box??

**toad1971** · July 7th, 2012, 12:06 AM

Hey everyone,

I want to do a Free Transform - Scale on something but I don't want to scale it by stretching it straight up vertically or straight across horizontally - is there a way to rotate the bounding box first and then scale the item?

For example lets say you painted someone laying down with their head on a pillow (at an angle) and then later you realized that you want to stretch their face vertically a little to adjust their facial proportions without repainting - the problem is that their face is not vertical in the image but diagonal -so I need to rotate the bounding box before Scaling.

Keep in mind I know that I can rotate a selection by using Select - Transform Selection but that is different than actually rotating the bounding box of a Transform BEFORE Scaling.

**RTan** · July 7th, 2012, 02:27 AM

No the bounding box is always parallel to the edges of the canvas. I wish it had that feature also. For now you stuck with the procedure that you mentioned.

**KimBjork** · July 7th, 2012, 04:26 PM

I'm not on a computer with PS so I can't try. But what if you first rotate the canvas (I mean just the image view), which came available in CS5, and then use the transform? I've sometimes hoped this, too, but never actually tried this way.

**toad1971** · July 7th, 2012, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by RTan

No the bounding box is always parallel to the edges of the canvas. I wish it had that feature also. For now you stuck with the procedure that you mentioned.

Thanks for the response. Ok, well that is a bummer. That would be a good feature to add for a future Photoshop release.

**toad1971** · July 7th, 2012, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by KimBjork

I'm not on a computer with PS so I can't try. But what if you first rotate the canvas (I mean just the image view), which came available in CS5, and then use the transform? I've sometimes hoped this, too, but never actually tried this way.

Thanks for the suggestion but that wouldn't work to solve the problem.

**Jason Ross** · July 8th, 2012, 12:10 AM

Well here is the only way I know that can work. Select and copy the area onto a new layer. Transform the selection to be straight up and down...like a face. Then transform again and you will have your handles where you want them.

**toad1971** · July 8th, 2012, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by Jason Ross

Well here is the only way I know that can work. Select and copy the area onto a new layer. Transform the selection to be straight up and down...like a face. Then transform again and you will have your handles where you want them.

Cool thanks for the suggestion, it's not too many steps and is a good working solution.