Chapter 9
Using the Transform and Distortion Tools
IN THIS CHAPTER
Discovering transformation methods
Putting the Transform tools to work
Becoming familiar with the Liquify tools
Distorting, warping, and otherwise reshaping objects
You can apply transformations to objects in Illustrator that include scaling, rotating, skewing, and distorting. In this chapter, you discover how to use the general transform tools as well as some of the interesting Liquify and Envelope Distort features available in Illustrator.
Working with Transformations
Using just the Selection tool, you can scale and rotate a selected object. Drag the bounding box handles to resize the object, shown in Figure 9-1, or move outside a handle and then, when the cursor changes to a “flippy” arrow (a curved arrow with arrowheads on both ends), drag to rotate the object.
If you want to scale proportionally, hold down the Shift key while you drag to resize. To rotate an object at 45-degree increments, hold down the Shift ...
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