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[-] woodgen@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Scaling in 2D has 2 parameters, X and Y, in the example X was at 1 while Y was below 1. You are referring to a subset of scaling transformation where X = Y and the aspect ratio is kept.

[-] Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 months ago

Yes, and introductory geometry courses teach students how to do uniform scaling far before they teach them axis-based because it's better illustrative of the concepts of similarity and congruence

[-] shundi82@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And what about the arrow?

It's pointing down diagonally, which - at least to me (and for pretty much any GUI I can think of) - indicates, that it should be affecting both axes.

Then again, that whole illustration isn't all that great to begin with. So who knows, what that arrow is supposed to signify...

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