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salochin48
salochin48
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November 5, 2009
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Distort images in Illustrator?

  • November 5, 2009
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Mac OS 10.4.11 - Illustrator CS4.  Is it possible to distort an imported image, I have tried using the Free Transform Tool and applying the keys Alt/Apple to change the corner point to what seems like a distortion point. It gives a ghosted line that appears to distort albeit more of a 'shear' effect than individual corner distortion but on release reverts to the squared format it originally was. Without going into unnecessary client particulars I am building children's cubes and I would rather do this in Illustrator rather than Photoshop.

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    Correct answer Jacob Bugge

    salochin,

    If I understand you in the right way, you may select the image and the chosen face of the cube (which must be placed higher in the stacking order, if not pecking order), and Object>Envelope Distort>Make with Top Object; you may move the image to the bottom by Ctrl/Cmd+X+B.

    What does she say to her being distorted?

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    Anonymous
    November 5, 2009

    What does "import" mean? It's not in the Illustrator vernacular. I promise I'm not being fussy.

    You most certainly can distort an "imported" image. Not with the free transform tool but with either any of the warp effects or an envelope. Go ahead. Try.

    salochin48
    salochin48Author
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    November 5, 2009

    Sorry Doug, I should have written 'place' but general working in several programs has a habit of making me blur the terms. All of what you recommend will allow me to distort an image to a predetermined form but I need to 'manually' distort the image to suit my purpose - see attachment. I will need to distort multiple images onto multiple cubes on different planes, all a little bit different from each other, so manual tugging of points are much better then co-ordinates.

      salochin48
      salochin48Author
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      November 17, 2009

      Thanks Salochin, Jacob & Doug,

      Embedding was the problem.

      Cheers,

      Chris


      I thought I was home and dry with this one but I have a problem with edge fidelity - see attached image. Using Object>Envelope Distort>Make with Top Object - the shape I want to bring my image into is a sheared square with rounded corners (real rounded corners with points) but the edge is showing white bits. I have tried using high resolution and low resolution images and every combination in the Envelope Options but it only reduces the problem rather than solving it.

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