Skew

The Skew property helps you distort your layer object to form a tilted leaning shape, depending on the the magnitude or direction that's applied.

To adjust the Skew of your object:

• Select your layer and go to the property panel

• Open the 'Advanced Transform' properties section

• Adjust the Skew magnitude and direction.

Skew magnitude:

This determines how far you'd like to stretch the shape in a given direction to form a skew. The more this value is, the more distorted the shape is in the specified direction.

If this value is negative E.g -40, it pulls the shape in the opposite direction of the specified skew direction.

Skew direction

Skew direction allows you to determine the direction you want the skew to be applied, the shape is then pulled towards this direction according to the value set in the skew magnitude.

Skew direction is an angle, given in degrees (º). Imagine it as up (↑), down (↓), left (←) and right (→).

• It starts at 0º, which is the right (→ ) and changes direction clockwise according to the set angle.

• 90º is facing down (↓),

• 180º is left (←),

• 270º is up (↑)

• and 360º brings us back to our initial direction, right ( →).

'Skew direction' on its own doesn't apply a skew to the shape unless a magnitude is specified. Remember to adjust your skew value to see it applied in the direction you've set.