I’m attempting in Illustrator to generate a series of images with 6 elements and to maintain their proportions along straight and curved paths. I have a path that represents a segment of an ellipse, and I’ve retrieved the length of the curved path from Document Info and calculated the length of each element in proportion … Read more
This question already has an answer here: How would I replicate this long shadow image? [duplicate] (1 answer) Closed 7 years ago. I have read several guides on how to achieve the Long Shadow effect using Illustrator, I tried both using the Transform Effect and Blend Modes, however I fail achieve it using both. When … Read more
So, in Illustrator, there’s a tool called the free-transform tool (shortcut is E), and while stretching an object, by holding control, it changes to the perspective stretch (allowing me to pull just one corner). The perspective stretch is sometimes neat, but I don’t always want it. Sometimes I just want a generic stretch. But I … Read more
I’ve recently started to use Illustrator CC 2017 (so far I used CS5). I noticed that line object doesn’t have a classic “4 node” bounding box as earlier, just “two nodes”. It allows rotation, but not scale of the line. I can grab one anchor and hold ALT so the transformation is around center, but … Read more
I noticed that when rotating an object in Photoshop the preview of the image has nice and crisp pixels, but when I rotate the image and finish the transformation it adds an annoying blur. Is it possible to disable that or find a good workaround? The carrot stays nice and pixelated in the preview. But … Read more
Trying to use the Rotate Tool to move a rectangle AROUND a circle. Instead both the rectangle and circle rotate. How do I stop this from moving? The circle should be fixed in its position. Before Rotate Tool: Expected Result: Actual Result: Answer The cause of problem is Handle It seems you didn’t centralized your … Read more
I need to resize images to given width/length, but when I do this in photoshop my images come out warped looking. What should I do? Answer Simple answer is you don’t. You can not change the width and height of an image by transformation without warping the image unless you transform proportionally. If you need … Read more
Does the order of transform functions matter in SVG transform? For instance if i want to scale a shape but preserving the original coordinates specified in it’s translate, would it help to first translate and then scale: transform=”translate(100 100) scale(0.5)” will change the size but not the 100 100 placement, wheras transform=”scale(0.5) translate(100 100)” does … Read more
How to make this hexagonal shape with complex geometrical shape inside it? I try to make this with this shape I experiment with transform effect for 2 hours still have no idea how to make this. Thank you :((( Answer Draw your basic triskelion shape, as you have in your second image; Copy it, but … Read more
I have a single photo of a cylindrical object from an unfortunate point of view with an image printed on its side. Are there any utils or plugins to unwrap the texture of the cylinder in the photo into a plane (a flat UV map)? Or how to do that manually? I was thinking it … Read more
