diff --git a/headers/os/interface/Polygon.h b/headers/os/interface/Polygon.h
index e61082cce7..0ae18235a2 100644
--- a/headers/os/interface/Polygon.h
+++ b/headers/os/interface/Polygon.h
@@ -13,21 +13,27 @@
 #include <InterfaceDefs.h>
 #include <Rect.h>
 
+namespace BPrivate { class BAffineTransform; }
+using namespace BPrivate;
 
 class BPolygon {
 	public:
-		BPolygon(const BPoint *ptArray, int32 numPoints);
-		BPolygon(const BPolygon *polygon);
-		BPolygon();
-		virtual ~BPolygon();
+							BPolygon(const BPoint *ptArray, int32 numPoints);
+							BPolygon(const BPolygon *polygon);
+							BPolygon();
+		virtual				~BPolygon();
 
-		BPolygon &operator=(const BPolygon &from);
+				BPolygon 	&operator=(const BPolygon &from);
 
-		BRect Frame() const;
-		void AddPoints(const BPoint *ptArray, int32 numPoints);
-		int32 CountPoints() const;
-		void MapTo(BRect srcRect, BRect dstRect);
-		void PrintToStream() const;
+				BRect		Frame() const;
+				void		AddPoints(const BPoint *ptArray, int32 numPoints);
+				int32		CountPoints() const;
+				void		MapTo(BRect srcRect, BRect dstRect);
+				void		PrintToStream() const;
+
+				void		Transform(const BAffineTransform& transform);
+				BPolygon&	TransformBySelf(const BAffineTransform& transform);
+				BPolygon*	TransformByCopy(const BAffineTransform& transform) const;
 
 	private:
 		friend class BView;
diff --git a/headers/private/shared/AffineTransform.h b/headers/private/shared/AffineTransform.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a5e900d11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headers/private/shared/AffineTransform.h
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *		Stephen Deken, stephen.deken@gmail.com
+ */
+#ifndef _AFFINETRANSFORM_H
+#define _AFFINETRANSFORM_H
+
+#include <InterfaceDefs.h>
+
+#include <agg_trans_affine.h>
+
+class BPoint;
+
+namespace BPrivate {
+
+class BAffineTransform {
+public:
+									BAffineTransform();
+									BAffineTransform(const BAffineTransform& copyFrom);
+		virtual						~BAffineTransform();
+		virtual	BAffineTransform&	operator=(const BAffineTransform& copyFrom);
+
+		virtual	bool				operator==(
+										const BAffineTransform& other) const;
+		virtual	bool				operator!=(
+										const BAffineTransform& other) const;
+
+	// Callbacks
+		virtual	void				TransformationChanged() const;
+
+	// Application
+				BPoint				Apply(const BPoint& point) const;
+				void				Apply(BPoint* points, uint32 count) const;
+
+	// Rotation
+				void				Rotate(float angle);
+				void				Rotate(const BPoint& center, float angle);
+				BAffineTransform&	RotateBySelf(float angle);
+				BAffineTransform&	RotateBySelf(const BPoint& center, float angle);
+				BAffineTransform	RotateByCopy(float angle) const;
+				BAffineTransform	RotateByCopy(const BPoint& center, float angle) const;
+
+	// Translation
+				void				Translate(float deltaX, float deltaY);
+				void				Translate(const BPoint& delta);
+				BAffineTransform&	TranslateBySelf(float deltaX, float deltaY);
+				BAffineTransform&	TranslateBySelf(const BPoint& delta);
+				BAffineTransform	TranslateByCopy(float deltaX, float deltaY) const;
+				BAffineTransform	TranslateByCopy(const BPoint& delta) const;
+
+	// Scaling
+				void				Scale(float scale);
+				void				Scale(const BPoint& center, float scale);
+				void				Scale(float scaleX, float scaleY);
+				void				Scale(const BPoint& center, float scaleX, float scaleY);
+				void				Scale(const BPoint& scale);
+				void				Scale(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& scale);
+				BAffineTransform&	ScaleBySelf(float scale);
+				BAffineTransform&	ScaleBySelf(const BPoint& center, float scale);
+				BAffineTransform&	ScaleBySelf(float scaleX, float scaleY);
+				BAffineTransform&	ScaleBySelf(const BPoint& center, float scaleX, float scaleY);
+				BAffineTransform&	ScaleBySelf(const BPoint& scale);
+				BAffineTransform&	ScaleBySelf(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& scale);
+				BAffineTransform	ScaleByCopy(float scale) const;
+				BAffineTransform	ScaleByCopy(const BPoint& center, float scale) const;
+				BAffineTransform	ScaleByCopy(float scaleX, float scaleY) const;
+				BAffineTransform	ScaleByCopy(const BPoint& center, float scaleX, float scaleY) const;
+				BAffineTransform	ScaleByCopy(const BPoint& scale) const;
+				BAffineTransform	ScaleByCopy(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& scale) const;
+
+	// Shearing
+				void				Shear(float shearX, float shearY);
+				void				Shear(const BPoint& center, float shearX, float shearY);
+				void				Shear(const BPoint& shear);
+				void				Shear(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& shear);
+
+				BAffineTransform&	ShearBySelf(float shearX, float shearY);
+				BAffineTransform&	ShearBySelf(const BPoint& center, float shearX, float shearY);
+				BAffineTransform&	ShearBySelf(const BPoint& shear);
+				BAffineTransform&	ShearBySelf(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& shear);
+				BAffineTransform	ShearByCopy(float shearX, float shearY) const;
+				BAffineTransform	ShearByCopy(const BPoint& center, float shearX, float shearY) const;
+				BAffineTransform	ShearByCopy(const BPoint& shear) const;
+				BAffineTransform	ShearByCopy(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& shear) const;
+
+private:
+				void				_Rotate(float angle);
+				void				_Scale(float scaleX, float scaleY);
+				void				_Translate(float deltaX, float deltaY);
+				void				_Shear(float shearX, float shearY);
+
+				void				_TransformPoint(BPoint& point) const;
+
+				agg::trans_affine	fTransformMatrix;
+};
+
+} // namespace BPrivate
+
+using namespace BPrivate;
+
+#endif // _AFFINETRANSFORM_H
diff --git a/src/kits/interface/Jamfile b/src/kits/interface/Jamfile
index 69496da05c..48534a3771 100644
--- a/src/kits/interface/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kits/interface/Jamfile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ if ! $(TARGET_PLATFORM_HAIKU_COMPATIBLE) {
 
 SetSubDirSupportedPlatforms haiku libbe_test ;
 
+UseLibraryHeaders agg ;
 UsePrivateHeaders app input print interface shared tracker ;
 
 local pngDump ;
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ MergeObject <libbe>interface_kit.o :
 
 	# required on R5
 	$(pngDump)
+	: libshared.a
 ;
 
 StaticLibrary libcolumnlistview.a :
diff --git a/src/kits/interface/Polygon.cpp b/src/kits/interface/Polygon.cpp
index b7d27afed6..5baab663bd 100644
--- a/src/kits/interface/Polygon.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/interface/Polygon.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 
+#include <AffineTransform.h>
 #include <Polygon.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -155,6 +156,31 @@ BPolygon::PrintToStream () const
 }
 
 
+void
+BPolygon::Transform(const BAffineTransform& transform)
+{
+	transform.Apply(fPoints, (int32)fCount);
+	_ComputeBounds();
+}
+
+
+BPolygon&
+BPolygon::TransformBySelf(const BAffineTransform& transform)
+{
+	Transform(transform);
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BPolygon*
+BPolygon::TransformByCopy(const BAffineTransform& transform) const
+{
+	BPolygon* copy = new BPolygon(this);
+	copy->Transform(transform);
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
 void
 BPolygon::_ComputeBounds()
 {
diff --git a/src/kits/shared/AffineTransform.cpp b/src/kits/shared/AffineTransform.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b7811fb4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kits/shared/AffineTransform.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,453 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2008, Haiku, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *		Stephen Deken, stephen.deken@gmail.com
+ */
+
+#include <AffineTransform.h>
+#include <Point.h>
+
+BAffineTransform::BAffineTransform()
+	: fTransformMatrix()
+{
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform::BAffineTransform(const BAffineTransform& copyFrom)
+	: fTransformMatrix(copyFrom.fTransformMatrix)
+{
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform::~BAffineTransform()
+{
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::operator=(const BAffineTransform& copyFrom)
+{
+	if (copyFrom != *this) {
+		fTransformMatrix.reset();
+		fTransformMatrix.multiply(copyFrom.fTransformMatrix);
+		TransformationChanged();
+	}
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+bool
+BAffineTransform::operator==(const BAffineTransform& other) const
+{
+	return fTransformMatrix == other.fTransformMatrix;
+}
+
+
+bool
+BAffineTransform::operator!=(const BAffineTransform& other) const
+{
+	return fTransformMatrix != other.fTransformMatrix;
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::TransformationChanged() const
+{
+	// default implementation does nothing
+}
+
+
+BPoint
+BAffineTransform::Apply(const BPoint& point) const
+{
+	BPoint rval(point);
+	_TransformPoint(rval);
+	return rval;
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Apply(BPoint* points, uint32 count) const
+{
+	for (uint32 i = 0; i < count; ++i)
+		_TransformPoint(points[i]);
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::_Rotate(float angle)
+{
+	if (angle != 0.0)
+		fTransformMatrix.multiply(agg::trans_affine_rotation(angle));
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::_Scale(float scaleX, float scaleY)
+{
+	if (scaleX != 0.0 || scaleY != 0.0)
+		fTransformMatrix.multiply(agg::trans_affine_scaling(scaleX, scaleY));
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::_Translate(float deltaX, float deltaY)
+{
+	if (deltaX != 0.0 || deltaY != 0.0)
+		fTransformMatrix.multiply(agg::trans_affine_translation(deltaX, deltaY));
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::_Shear(float shearX, float shearY)
+{
+	if (shearX != 0.0 || shearY != 0.0)
+		fTransformMatrix.multiply(agg::trans_affine_skewing(shearX, shearY));
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Rotate(float angle)
+{
+	_Rotate(angle);
+	TransformationChanged();
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Rotate(const BPoint& center, float angle)
+{
+	_Translate(-center.x, -center.y);
+	_Rotate(angle);
+	_Translate(center.x, center.y);
+	TransformationChanged();
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::RotateBySelf(float angle)
+{
+	Rotate(angle);
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::RotateBySelf(const BPoint& center, float angle)
+{
+	Rotate(center, angle);
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::RotateByCopy(float angle) const
+{
+	BAffineTransform copy(*this);
+	copy.Rotate(angle);
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::RotateByCopy(const BPoint& center, float angle) const
+{
+	BAffineTransform copy(*this);
+	copy.Rotate(center, angle);
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Translate(float deltaX, float deltaY)
+{
+	_Translate(deltaX, deltaY);
+	TransformationChanged();
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Translate(const BPoint& delta)
+{
+	Translate(delta.x, delta.y);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::TranslateBySelf(float deltaX, float deltaY)
+{
+	Translate(deltaX, deltaY);
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::TranslateBySelf(const BPoint& delta)
+{
+	return TranslateBySelf(delta.x, delta.y);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::TranslateByCopy(float deltaX, float deltaY) const
+{
+	BAffineTransform copy(*this);
+	copy.Translate(deltaX, deltaY);
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::TranslateByCopy(const BPoint& delta) const
+{
+	return TranslateByCopy(delta.x, delta.y);
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Scale(float scale)
+{
+	Scale(scale, scale);
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Scale(const BPoint& center, float scale)
+{
+	Scale(center, scale, scale);
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Scale(float scaleX, float scaleY)
+{
+	_Scale(scaleX, scaleY);
+	TransformationChanged();
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Scale(const BPoint& center, float scaleX, float scaleY)
+{
+	_Translate(-center.x, -center.y);
+	_Scale(scaleX, scaleY);
+	_Translate(center.x, center.y);
+	TransformationChanged();
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Scale(const BPoint& scale)
+{
+	Scale(scale.x, scale.y);
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Scale(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& scale)
+{
+	Scale(center, scale.x, scale.y);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::ScaleBySelf(float scale)
+{
+	return ScaleBySelf(scale, scale);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::ScaleBySelf(const BPoint& center, float scale)
+{
+	return ScaleBySelf(center, scale, scale);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::ScaleBySelf(float scaleX, float scaleY)
+{
+	Scale(scaleX, scaleY);
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::ScaleBySelf(const BPoint& center, float scaleX, float scaleY)
+{
+	Scale(center, scaleX, scaleY);
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::ScaleBySelf(const BPoint& scale)
+{
+	return ScaleBySelf(scale.x, scale.y);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::ScaleBySelf(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& scale)
+{
+	return ScaleBySelf(center, scale.x, scale.y);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::ScaleByCopy(float scale) const
+{
+	return ScaleByCopy(scale, scale);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::ScaleByCopy(const BPoint& center, float scale) const
+{
+	return ScaleByCopy(center, scale, scale);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::ScaleByCopy(float scaleX, float scaleY) const
+{
+	BAffineTransform copy(*this);
+	copy.Scale(scaleX, scaleY);
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::ScaleByCopy(const BPoint& center, float scaleX, float scaleY) const
+{
+	BAffineTransform copy(*this);
+	copy.Scale(center, scaleX, scaleY);
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::ScaleByCopy(const BPoint& scale) const
+{
+	return ScaleByCopy(scale.x, scale.y);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::ScaleByCopy(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& scale) const
+{
+	return ScaleByCopy(center, scale.x, scale.y);
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Shear(float shearX, float shearY)
+{
+	_Shear(shearX, shearY);
+	TransformationChanged();
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Shear(const BPoint& center, float shearX, float shearY)
+{
+	_Translate(-center.x, -center.y);
+	_Shear(shearX, shearY);
+	_Translate(center.x, center.y);
+	TransformationChanged();
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Shear(const BPoint& shear)
+{
+	Shear(shear.x, shear.y);
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::Shear(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& shear)
+{
+	Shear(center, shear.x, shear.y);
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::ShearBySelf(float shearX, float shearY)
+{
+	Shear(shearX, shearY);
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::ShearBySelf(const BPoint& center, float shearX, float shearY)
+{
+	Shear(center, shearX, shearY);
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::ShearBySelf(const BPoint& shear)
+{
+	Shear(shear);
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform&
+BAffineTransform::ShearBySelf(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& shear)
+{
+	Shear(center, shear);
+	return *this;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::ShearByCopy(float shearX, float shearY) const
+{
+	BAffineTransform copy(*this);
+	copy.Shear(shearX, shearY);
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::ShearByCopy(const BPoint& center, float shearX, float shearY) const
+{
+	BAffineTransform copy(*this);
+	copy.Shear(center, shearX, shearY);
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::ShearByCopy(const BPoint& shear) const
+{
+	BAffineTransform copy(*this);
+	copy.Shear(shear);
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
+BAffineTransform
+BAffineTransform::ShearByCopy(const BPoint& center, const BPoint& shear) const
+{
+	BAffineTransform copy(*this);
+	copy.Shear(center, shear);
+	return copy;
+}
+
+
+void
+BAffineTransform::_TransformPoint(BPoint& point) const
+{
+	double x = point.x;
+	double y = point.y;
+	fTransformMatrix.transform(&x, &y);
+	point.x = x;
+	point.y = y;
+}
diff --git a/src/kits/shared/Jamfile b/src/kits/shared/Jamfile
index fa6072c826..b6b26ad03f 100644
--- a/src/kits/shared/Jamfile
+++ b/src/kits/shared/Jamfile
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ SubDir HAIKU_TOP src kits shared ;
 SetSubDirSupportedPlatformsBeOSCompatible ;
 AddSubDirSupportedPlatforms libbe_test ;
 
+UseLibraryHeaders agg ;
 UsePrivateHeaders shared ;
 
 StaticLibrary libshared.a :
 	AboutWindow.cpp
+	AffineTransform.cpp
 	CalendarView.cpp
 	ColorQuantizer.cpp
 	CommandPipe.cpp