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Mastov1
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How do I distort 5 straight lines?

Sep 22, 2012 3:27 PM

I'm attempting to follow this video tutorial:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V54a0G8oMc

 

I'm at the 17:38 mark. I've tried the suggested keyboard commands and they don't work.

 

Any advice readily appreciated.

622 Views   6 Replies   Latest reply: JETalmage, Sep 23, 2012 11:10 AM
 
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  • Monika Gause
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    1. Monika Gause,
    Sep 22, 2012 3:39 PM   in reply to Mastov1
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    You'd maybe want to tell us in your own words what exactly you want to build and what exatly you already have.

     

    Show a screenshot of your work. Not too many people would like to watch a video first in order to answer your question.

     
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  • emil emil
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    2. emil emil,
    Sep 22, 2012 3:49 PM   in reply to Mastov1
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    Mastov1,

     

    you could have spared me watching that part of the video by asking how to use the Free Transform Tool

     

    Anyway, with the object/s selected, pick the Free Transform Tool (E), first click and hold  on a corner of the bounding box, only after that, press and hold down Ctrl (for Windows) or Cmd (for mac) key, then start dragging in the desired direction and while holding the Ctrl/Cmd key also press and hold the Shift key to constrain.

     
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    3. Mastov1,
    Sep 22, 2012 3:48 PM   in reply to Monika Gause
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    I'm only asking about a 20 second segment in the video. It's the point at 17:38 where the 5 straight lines are skewed on their right hand side.

     

    I'm starting with 6 staight lines:

     

    ____________________________

    ____________________________

    ____________________________

    ____________________________

    ____________________________

    ____________________________

     

     

    I want to make the points on the right hand side skew downwards, but proportionally.

     

    I can't insert images because the dialog box for inserting images in this forum is broken. I get a blank gray window with "Insert Image" at top and nothing else.

     
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    4. Mastov1,
    Sep 22, 2012 3:52 PM   in reply to emil emil
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    Emil thank you. I was about to throw my computer out the window.

     
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    5. emil emil,
    Sep 22, 2012 3:55 PM   in reply to Mastov1
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    It is a tricky tool and not intuitive at all.

     
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  • JETalmage
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    6. JETalmage,
    Sep 23, 2012 11:10 AM   in reply to Mastov1
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    Uggh....tedious video "tutorials.".

     

    It is a tricky tool and not intuitive at all.

     

    And not at all necessary for that operation.

     

     

    JET

     
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