= Position, resize, rotate, and crop image layers =

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    Move, resize, or rotate an image:
        * Use the [Transform operator|Node:cop2/xform] to move, rotate,
          or scale an image _without changing the canvas size_. (If you
          scale the image outside the current canvas size, it will be
          cropped. If you scale it down, the canvas will have empty
          pixels around the resized image.)

        * Use the [Scale operator|Node:cop2/scale] to resize an image
          and change the canvas size.

    Crop an image:
        * Use the [Crop operator|Node:cop2/crop] to crop an image and
          change its size.

    Crop an image to a shape:
        * See  [how to work with mattes|/composite/mattes] .

    Increase the size of the image canvas:
        * Use the [Border operator|Node:cop2/border] to add empty pixels
          around the edges of an image. The border can also write a
          border over existing pixels inside an image.

    Do simple perspective and shearing:
        * Use the [Pin operator|Node:cop2/pin] to stretch an image into
          an arbitrary quadrilateral shape.

          The [Unpin operator|Node:cop2/unpin] performs the opposite
          function: it extracts an arbitrary quadrilateral shape from an
          image and stretches it into a regular rectangular shape.

    Distort the image:
        * See  [how to distort or convolve an image|comp_distort] .

See [how to work with mattes|/composite/mattes]  for additional ways to resize
[mattes|/composite/mattes] .