Stretching an image

**charliescoffee** · 10 March 2021, 07:42 AM

As always, I really appreciate the help I've always gotten, including with this problem, with the folks on TalkGraphics. This is a GREAT community!

**Initiostar** · 10 March 2021, 07:48 AM

I can stretch an image anyway you want. I took your example and used a combination of the handles and lock buttons. Maybe take a look at the attached XAR in post #9. Forget the crop part (that was just to highlight what needed to be done for that specific image).

You have two buttons, handles and lock, and (at least) three possible outcomes which (I think) I have explained. Just try turning the buttons on/off and you will see the effect on an image.

**charliescoffee** · 10 March 2021, 07:48 AM

Chris M. - I don't understand why it seems to work for you and not for me. Just so I understand, you simply hold down the Alt button and drag one of the handles in the middle of a side and the image stretches in that direction only, without loosing parts of the image on the edges of the other direction. Does the image in my attachment do that properly on your computer? That must mean that there's something wrong with my software, but if that's the case, why didn't the problem resolve when I downloaded a fresh iteration of the program?

**Chris M** · 10 March 2021, 08:31 AM

Here's all I did: Pressed ALT and dragged the centre handle upwards.

Like I said, I don't do this very often, but happy to check any settings you want me to.

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**charliescoffee** · 10 March 2021, 09:55 AM

I apologize Initiostar, I apparently didn't read your post accurately. When I had the aspect ratio button (padlock) unpressed and dragged without the Alt key it worked the way I want it to. I thought I'd tried every possible combination of buttons and keys but I must have missed this one. But, now I'm able to do it the way I want.

Many thanks, all!!

**handrawn** · 10 March 2021, 10:08 AM

thats good

**handrawn** · 11 March 2021, 06:21 PM

anyone reading this, if you update to the current pro+ ver21 the show boundary handles button is no longer there

**Acorn** · 11 March 2021, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by handrawn

anyone reading this, if you update to the current pro+ ver21 the show boundary handles button is no longer there

I believe Shift+ctrl+1 is still toggling this.

Acorn

**handrawn** · 11 March 2021, 07:20 PM

see my reply here:

https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...734#post634734

**handrawn** · 11 March 2021, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Acorn

I believe Shift+ctrl+1 is still toggling this.

Acorn

yes thanks this does work, it keeps the static ants boundary box [gurrr] but it does enable stretch and in that respect may well be easier than ver 17