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  • text in perspective

    Posted by Marcosh on November 1, 2007 at 12:35 pm

    HI there,

    I’m trying to manipulate a word so I can simulate a 2 vanishing point perspective. How do I do that? I tried creating the outlines so I can free-distort each one of the 4 corners but when I do that and I try to use the direct selection tool, I can only move the newly created anchor points for the individual letters.

    I’d appreciate your help!

    Thanks,

    Marcos H.

    Quad G5
    2GB RAM
    OS 10.4.7
    FCP 5.0.4
    AE 6.5

    Mike Gondek replied 18 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Mike Gondek

    November 1, 2007 at 6:54 pm

    Illustrator
    Use Object >> Emvelope Distort >> make with warp
    I often draw a rectangle with fill& stroke of none behind my logo/type to distort, to the size of the undistorted background element. The no fill/stroke item serves as a good reference for the amount of warp to apply, and is a life saver if you later have a type change.

    Photoshop
    I believe it is under edit >> transform >> warp. You need CS2, I am working somewhere today with only CS1.

    Tougher to do in photoshop as it works on only 1 layer at a time. In Illutrator you can distort whatever is selected,(preferably a group).

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