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User Guide
You can also call up the Transform palette by clicking X, Y, W, or H in the Control palette.
See also
“About the Transform palette” on page 291
Distorting objects
To distort objects with the Free Transform tool
1
Select one or more objects.
2
Select the Free Transform tool
.
3
Start dragging a corner handle on the bounding box (not a side handle), and then do one of the following:
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Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) until the selection is at the desired level of distortion.
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Hold down Shift+Alt+Ctrl (Windows) or Shift+Command (Mac OS) to distort in perspective.
Distorting in perspective
See also
“To use the bounding box” on page 292
“Reshaping objects with effects” on page 314
To distort objects using a liquify tool
1
Select a liquify tool.
2
Click or drag over the objects you want to distort.
You can do the following before you click or drag to control the distortion:
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To isolate the distortion to specific objects, select the objects.
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To change the size of the tool cursor and set other tool options, double-click the liquify tool. (See “Liquify tool
options” on page 298.)
Note:
You cannot use liquify tools on linked files or objects that contain text, graphs, or symbols.
See also
“Reshaping tool gallery” on page 290
“Reshaping objects with effects” on page 314