Use the Rotate View tool

You use the Rotate View tool to rotate the canvas non-destructively; it does not transform the image. Rotating the canvas can be useful for any number of reasons, including facilitating easier painting or drawing. (Open GL is required.)

Use rotate gestures on Macbook Pro and Macbook Air computers with multi-touch trackpads to non-destructively rotate the canvas.

1. Do any of the following:

   • Select the Rotate View tool  and click-drag in the image to rotate. A compass will indicate north in the image, regardless of the current canvas angle.

   • Select the Rotate View tool. Enter a numerical value (to indicate degrees of shifting) in the Rotation Angle field.

   • Select the Rotate View tool. Click (or click-drag to scrub) on the Set Angle of Rotation of the View control.

2. To restore the canvas to the original angle, click Reset View.

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