Is there a way to inflate both sides in Illustrator?
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I have an asymetrical shape that I'm trying to make 3D and I'm not experienced with this. I found videos using Photoshop which used the inflate feature from the 3D effects but from what I gather it seems that 3D effects are leaving Photoshop and I just upgraded to 2022- the entire tab is greyed out and I have tried checking Use Graphics Processor and also reset preferences.
I can still use inflate in Illustrator and it works well but I can only inflate one side and the back is still flat. Is there a way to inflate two sides of a layer?
Inflated Shape-
Original Shape-
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You can try if Extrude and bevel can do what you need. Or duplicate and mirror the shape and then inflate that one as well.
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I agree 100%
I'd love the ability to Inflate OR Extrude both sides of an object !!!
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Gosh, I'm having the same problem, did you figure out how to d it?
thanks!
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You might need an update:
https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/whats-new/2022-1.html
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