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 1. Select whole shape, groups work fine.
 1. E (free transform)
 1. Start dragging a “downrange” corner
 1. Click Cmd to convert that corner only
 1. Click Cmd+Shift+Opt to move it and the corresponding pont with axial symmetry.
 1. Be sure to shorten also. I'd distort a square as your guide before doing any actual work, and keep both a distorted and original shape as your guide.
  1. Select whole shape, groups work fine.
  1. E (free transform)
  1. Start dragging a “downrange” corner
  1. Click Cmd to convert that corner only
  1. Click Cmd+Shift+Opt to move it and the corresponding pont with axial symmetry.
  1. Be sure to shorten also. I'd distort a square as your guide before doing any actual work, and keep both a distorted and original shape as your guide.

AI is Adobe Illustrator. Again, the extension name, so clear if you know it already.

Things you might need to make Illustrator work better, and which I could not easily find. Some are probably version specific.

  • Perspective-like distorting involves using modifier keys at specific times:
    1. Select whole shape, groups work fine.
    2. E (free transform)
    3. Start dragging a “downrange” corner
    4. Click Cmd to convert that corner only
    5. Click Cmd+Shift+Opt to move it and the corresponding pont with axial symmetry.
    6. Be sure to shorten also. I'd distort a square as your guide before doing any actual work, and keep both a distorted and original shape as your guide.

Stupid AI Tricks (last edited 2010-11-04 01:55:43 by shoobe01)