Method for hot-forming a metallic workpiece, a) in which the workpiece during at least one forming phase is formed between surfaces or tools (20, 21, 30, 31) of two rollers (2, 3), each rotating about one rotation axis, b) in which the relative mutual position of the rotation axes (A, B) of the rollers during the or at least one forming phase is controlled, regulated or corrected to a nominal relative position, in particular by means of at least one controller installation and of at least one actuator (22, 23, 32, 33) which is assigned to at least one of the rollers and is actuated by the controller installation, c) in which the nominal relative position during the forming phase is guided according to a predefined profile which in particular depends on the angular position or the rotational position of at least one roller or depends on the time, and which profile is adapted to a desired profile of the forming pressure desired when forming the workpiece, or to the forming of the workpiece, d) in which by way of the same at least one tool or the same surfaces of the rollers, by setting dissimilar profiles of the nominal relative position in dissimilar forming phases, dissimilar forming of the same or of dissimilar workpieces is generated, in particular by reducing the spacing of the rotation axes during at least part of the forming phase, and/or deviations in the tool from a predefined shape are at least approximately equalized by adapting the nominal relative position of the rotation axes of the rollers, e) in which for controlling, regulating or correcting the relative position of the rotation axes of the rollers, in each case two spacings (w1, w2, w3, w4) of the rotation axes (A, B) of each of the two rollers (2, 3) from a predefined central axis in the intermediate space provided for receiving the workpiece between the rollers or the tools are controlled, regulated or corrected to in each case an associated constant or variable nominal spacing, and/or are determined and are each compared to an associated constant or variable nominal spacing and, in the case of any deviation from the nominal spacing outside a predefined tolerance range, are corrected to the nominal spacing, f) wherein the central axis lies within a movement plane or on a movement axis of two mutually movable parts of a positioning installation for positioning the workpiece, or defines the axis on which the workpiece is positioned. a) in which the workpiece during at least one forming phase is formed between surfaces or tools (20, 21, 30, 31) of two rollers (2, 3), each rotating about one rotation axis, b) in which the relative mutual position of the rotation axes (A, B) of the rollers during the or at least one forming phase is controlled, regulated or corrected to a nominal relative position, in particular by means of at least one controller installation and of at least one actuator (22, 23, 32, 33) which is assigned to at least one of the rollers and is actuated by the controller installation, c) in which the nominal relative position during the forming phase is guided according to a predefined profile which in particular depends on the angular position or the rotational position of at least one roller or depends on the time, and which profile is adapted to a desired profile of the forming pressure desired when forming the workpiece, or to the forming of the workpiece, d) in which by way of the same at least one tool or the same surfaces of the rollers, by setting dissimilar profiles of the nominal relative position in dissimilar forming phases, dissimilar forming of the same or of dissimilar workpieces is generated, in particular by reducing the spacing of the rotation axes during at least part of the forming phase, and/or deviations in the tool from a predefined shape are at least approximately equalized by adapting the nominal relative position of the rotation axes of the rollers, e) in which for controlling, regulating or correcting the relative position of the rotation axes of the rollers, in each case two spacings (w1, w2, w3, w4) of the rotation axes (A, B) of each of the two rollers (2, 3) from a predefined central axis in the intermediate space provided for receiving the workpiece between the rollers or the tools are controlled, regulated or corrected to in each case an associated constant or variable nominal spacing, and/or are determined and are each compared to an associated constant or variable nominal spacing and, in the case of any deviation from the nominal spacing outside a predefined tolerance range, are corrected to the nominal spacing, f) wherein the central axis lies within a movement plane or on a movement axis of two mutually movable parts of a positioning installation for positioning the workpiece, or defines the axis on which the workpiece is positioned.