What is the Free Distort Dialog for?

[DoYouLikeHam]

Hi... I dont understand the purpose of the Free Distort dialog.. none of the buttons seem to do anything.. clicking Reset makes my cursonr spin for a few seconds.. but to no apparent effect.

[Monika Gause]

You are using the effect. The little panel is for the free transform tool.

[Met1 · Accepted solution]

>I dont understand the purpose of the Free Distort dialog

It's not a dialog - Filters have a pop up panel where you actively change the art by moving handles in the panel itself... try it.

It's confusing because there is a Free Distort tool in the Free Transform tool panel...

[Ares Hovhannesyan]

Effects allow to recreate the same effect when you change original object. 

[DoYouLikeHam]

Thanks, @Met1 -- I'm going through a video that was not in my native language... I now I see the distinction between Free Distort tool  and Free Distort effect due to your tip!