What does skewing an image do?

Skewing, also called shearing, shifts each row of an image sideways a little more than the one above it, so a rectangle leans over into a parallelogram. Parallel lines stay parallel, so the result still looks flat, just slanted. It's how fake italics are made, and it gives banners and shapes a sense of speed.

Tool description

Drop a JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP or AVIF image on the tool and set everything with sliders. Horizontal skew leans the sides of the image left or right, and Vertical skew tilts its top and bottom edges, both up to 80° each way. Rotate turns the image up to 180° in either direction. Width and Height stretch or squeeze it from 10% to 300%, and two checkboxes flip it horizontally or vertically. All of it happens around the center of the image, and Reset sets everything back.

Under Export settings, pick PNG, JPG or WebP, a Resampling mode, and the Canvas: "Fit to the warped image" or "Keep the original size", which cuts off what falls outside. Empty corners stay transparent unless you turn on "Fill the background", and JPG always gets the background color. The full size image is rendered in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.

Examples

  • Make a picture of text look like italics with a Horizontal skew of about -12°.
  • Straighten a slightly crooked scan with a small Rotate value.
  • Mirror a selfie with "Flip horizontally".

Features

  • Skew, rotate, stretch and flip in one step, by exact angles and percentages
  • PNG, JPG or WebP download at the full size of your image
  • Transparent or filled background for the empty corners