Re: Will scale take negative args (i.e. mirror flip)?

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From: Mark Rowe
Date: Mon, 23 May 1988 17:17

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A -1 -1 scale would in effect flip the image about the the x axis and then
flip it about the y axis.  This would result in the quadrant I portion of
the image winding up in quadrant III but the double flip would leave the
image uninverted.  It is in effect a 180 degree rotation about the origin.

Mark Rowe
mark%hpcvlx@hplabs.HP.COM

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From: mark@hpcvlx.HP.COM (Mark Rowe)
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Subject: Re: Will scale take negative args (i.e. mirror flip)?
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Date: 23 May 88 17:17:06 GMT
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