I find that using Ctrl alone will shear an object with the Transform tool.It just shears from that side. If I add the Alt key (Ctrl-Alt), then it shears from the center.
But the text above says you have to use Ctrl-Alt to shear with the Free Transform tool. I was pointing out that you can do it with just the Ctrl button.
Ctrl only distorts it here (moves only one corner) while Ctrl+Alt actually shears it (changes the angle from the center of the object and moves the opposite corner too)
Just as a bit of a visual backup to the points in this help topic, here's an Illustrator CS6 tutorial from InfiniteSkills that demonstrates basic distortion tools. Trainer Andy Anderson creates a few shapes and then demonstrates different types of transformations, including the warp tool, twirl tool, pucker tool (with tips on setting intensity), scallop tool and more:
It doesnt matter what i do. when i try to scale any object from larger to smaler, even when its on a group. it deforms the positon of the ancor points i think its a bug. because it doesnt matter what i do whit the configuration, its still bothering to the point that is really unconfortable to work.
Using CS6, I pasted an image to a new board, then attempted to skew. I could get the boundary to skew, but then when I released the mouse or the Ctrl key, it would snap back.
If you want to distort raster images, select the image and choose Object > Envelope Distort > Make with Mesh. Enter 1 row and 1 column and click OK. You can then distort the image as you'd like.
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