1 Reply Latest reply: May 27, 2014 2:58 PM by Jacob Bugge RSS

    How to flip an object

    EckleySP Community Member

      I've tried the obvious tools of reflect and rotate and all the transform options.  Each time the object is flipped but not on ONLY the axis I want.  For example, if I flip on the horizontal axis, I would expect (or want) the upper left corner to be flipped to be on the lower left hand corner - as if it were reflected in a pool of water.  What happens is that corner ends up on the right side. Basically the object is rotated, not 'flipped'.  What am I doing wrong?

        • 1. Re: How to flip an object
          Jacob Bugge CommunityMVP

          Eckley,

           

          If you use Object>Transform>Reflect or similar and get a rotation, there seems to be a corruption of some kind.

           

          The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself and is hardly relevant in this case, and 6) is the last resort.

           

          1) Close down Illy and open again;

          2) Restart the computer (you may do that up to 3 times);

           

          3) Close down Illy and press Ctrl+Alt+Shift/Cmd+Option+Shift during startup (easy but irreversible);

          4) Move the folder (follow the link with that name) with Illy closed (more tedious but also more thorough and reversible);

           

          5) Look through and try out the relevant among the Other options (follow the link with that name, Item 7) is a list of usual suspects among other applications that may disturb and confuse Illy, Item 15) applies to CC, CS6, and maybe CS5);

           

          Even more seriously, you may:

           

          6) Uninstall, run the Cleaner Tool (if you have CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6/CC), and reinstall.

           

          http://www.adobe.com/support/contact/cscleanertool.html