Image Shear

Apply shear transformation to create slanted or skewed images. Visualize shear matrices and see how they distort the image geometry.

file· File result

Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/image-shear' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/imageFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-shear' \
  -F 'imageFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'shearX=0' \
  -F 'shearY=0' \
  -F 'background=transparent' \
  -F 'format=original' \
  -F 'quality=95'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/image-shear

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
imageFile	fileupload required	Yes	Upload any image file (JPEG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF) for shear transformation
shearX	range	Yes	Horizontal shear factor (-2.0 to 2.0, 0 = no shear, positive = rightward tilt)
shearY	range	Yes	Vertical shear factor (-2.0 to 2.0, 0 = no shear, positive = downward tilt)
background	text	No	Background color for transparent areas (hex #RRGGBB or #RRGGBBAA, or color name)
format

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-image-shear": {
      "name": "image-shear",
      "description": "Apply shear transformation to create slanted or skewed images. Visualize shear matrices and see how they distort the image geometry.",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=image-shear",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "image-shear",
    "arguments": {
  "imageFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "shearX": "0",
  "shearY": "0",
  "background": "transparent",
  "format": "original",
  "quality": 95
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

Response format

File result

JSON

{
  "filePath": "/public/processing/randomid.ext",
  "fileName": "output.ext",
  "contentType": "application/octet-stream",
  "size": 1024,
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  },
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)"
}

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