Image Transform and Placement

All standard transform operations apply: position (X/Y), width, height, rotation, scale, skew, opacity, and anchor point. These work identically to how they work on vector shapes and groups.

• -Drag to reposition on the canvas
• -Drag corner or edge handles to resize
• -Drag the rotation handle (above the bounding box) to rotate
• -All values are numerically editable in the Properties Panel

Images have aspect ratio locking enabled by default. Resizing by dragging a corner handle preserves the width-to-height ratio automatically.

To disable: click the chain-link icon between the Width and Height fields in the Properties Panel. With locking disabled, width and height can be set independently, stretching or squashing the image.

• -Flip Horizontal (Ctrl+Shift+H) — mirrors the image along the vertical axis
• -Flip Vertical (Ctrl+Shift+V) — mirrors the image along the horizontal axis

Flipping is implemented as a -100% scale on the corresponding axis and is fully animatable.

Images support the full blend mode library (all 27 modes). Blend mode is set in the Properties Panel under "Compositing."

Blend modes on images are particularly useful for:

• -Multiply on texture overlays — the texture darkens the content below it
• -Screen on light-colored effects (sparkles, glows) — the dark background of the image disappears, leaving only the bright effect
• -Overlay on grunge or texture maps — increases contrast and texture simultaneously
• -Luminosity on color grading images — applies the brightness structure of an image without affecting the hue below