Transform Selection

To transform a selection click the “Select” button in the menu bar and choose “Transform Selection” in the drop-down menu.
Click and drag a box on the edge of the selection of which you want to change the dimensions and the shape (1).
Hold the Shift key on your keyboard pressed to retain the length / width ratio.
Hold the Alt key on your keyboard pressed, if you want to adapt dimensions of the selection from the center.
Hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard pressed, then the selection will skew (2).

if you want to rotate the selection, move the mouse pointer just outside the selection and when it changes into a circular double-headed arrow, click and drag in the direction you want (3).

If you wish to perform a free transform, click the button “Switch between free transform and warp modes” (4).

When your transformis ready, you click the “Commit Transform” button (5).

Or something faster, click the Enter key on your keyboard.

These two buttons are on the right in the options bar when you select “Transform Selection” in the drop-down menu. Once the transformation is done, they disappear again.

Rectangle with rounded corners

If there is no selection tool selected, it does not mean that you can not make a selection.
To create a rectangular selection with rounded corners, we use the drawing tools “Rounded Rectangle” in cooperation with the “Paths”.

The first thing you do is to open “Paths” panel (1).
Then select the tool “Rounded Rectangle” in the tool bar (2), and click the “Paths” in the options bar (3). Enter a value for the radius of the corners (4) you want.

In this example, it is 30, but increase this value if you need more “square” corners or decrease the value for more “round” corners.

Then, draw a path in the picture (5).
Just for your information. For those who might not know what a path is , a path is nothing more than one (auxiliary) line, and can be converted to a “real” line, filled with shape or selection.

Click the button “Load Path as Selection” in the bottom of “Paths” panel (6). This will change the path into a selection.

This will change the path into a selection. (7).

Then click the “Select” button in the menu bar and choose “Transform Selection” in the drop-down menu.

What we have to do is adjust the selection so that it fits perfectly over the area in the picture, that we wish to select.

Right click above the selection and choose “Distort” from the drop-down menu (8).

Click and drag the boxes around the selection to the correct position (9).

When this is done, click the Enter key on your keyboard to capture the selection.

You just made your first selection with rounded edges and corners (10).

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