WHAT!!!! They fixed the transform tool? I saw the halftone was well written python and I was more than willing to dive in there and try to build a scaler...somewhere. Nope. Just. Select the halftone. Lasso draw a shadow. Edit mode. Gradient. Scales instantly. Granted. Blender isn't Adobe with a thousand buttons and hotkeys and...that's kind of what makes it cool. Even cooler now they fixed the transform tool.