From the course: Illustrator 2021 Quick Start
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Transform and distort your shape - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator 2021 Quick Start
Transform and distort your shape
- [Instructor] Press the V key on the keyboard to access the selection tool, which will allow you to select the entire vector shape. Click once on the shape to select it. When you select the shape, you will see the bounding box appearing around it. Now click and drag one of the corners of the bounding box to resize or distort the shape. If you wish to scale your shape proportionally, hold the Shift and drug outward to make it larger, or you can drag it inward to make it smaller, always while holding Shift. You can also hold the Shift and Alt at the same time on Windows, that's Shift and Option on the Mac, to scale the shape proportionally, respectively to its center. You can also rotate the shape by hovering over one of the corners' handles of the bonding box. When you see the double-sided arrow, click and drag left or right to rotate the shape in the direction you want. When you're happy with the transformation, you…
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Learn how to draw with the Pen tool2m 4s
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Transform and distort your shape1m 2s
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Access the reflect options and create copies47s
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Group multiple shapes into one2m 56s
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Draw beautiful curves with the Curvature Pen tool1m 21s
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Create a stroke with variable width using the Width tool1m 32s
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