use Image::Magick; $i = Image::Magick->new; $i->Read('original.jpg'); $i2 = $i->Clone(); $i2->Shear('15x45'); $i2->Write('Shear.jpg'); $i2 = $i->Clone(); $i2->Shear(x=>30, crop=>True); $i2->Write('Shear2.jpg');