[How do I rotate a selection?]

12 hours ago, Ego Eram Reputo said:

Make your selection then hit M on your keyboard to activate the Move tool. Right click & drag to make a rotation. When you do the angle of rotation is shown in the Status Bar.  While the right mouse button is held down use the keyboard arrow keys to fine tune the rotation. The further away the pointer is from the center of rotation, the finer control you get

 

Thanks. That was exactly what I needed to know.

[Possible bug in Layers > Rotate/Zoom function]

The paint.net documentation for the Layers > Rotate/Zoom function states that;
"Rotation will be about the center point of the layer or selection."

 

Logically, I take this to mean that rotation will be about the geometrical center of the entire layer if no selection is made and the entire layer is to be rotated,

OR, if a selection is made, then the rotation will be about the geometrical center of the selected area.

 

However, my observation is that if a selection is made, rotation is always about the center point of the layer and not the center of the selection, (unless I am doing something wrong.)

 

Would someone please check and confirm if this is a bug, or confirm the documentation is wrong , or explain to me my misunderstanding of the function?

Thanks.

 

[How do I rotate a selection?]

45 minutes ago, BoltBait said:

If you want to rotate only what you have selected, you need to use the selection handles. 

 

Thanks for your quick response.

 

Yes, I can rotate a circular selection very nicely with Move Selected Pixels and using the rotational selection handles, but I was hoping to use the Layers > Rotate/Zoom tool to rotate the selection by a precise angle. It will do this, but it will not rotate about the center of the selection area.

 

Is it possible to specify a center of rotation with the Layers > Rotate/Zoom tool?

[How do I rotate a selection?]

When I make a selection of a part of my image using the rectangular or circular selection tool, and then attempt to rotate that selection using the Layers > Rotate/Zoom tool, the selection will rotate right out of the selection window and disappear somewhere.

 

I thought that the Rotate/Zoom tool was supposed to rotate about the center of the area that was selected.

 

What am I doing wrong?

Can you select a center of rotation with the Rotate/Zoom tool?