Adobe illustrator 10 Manuale Utente

4 Specify the axis along which the object is to be sheared. You can shear an object along a 
horizontal, a vertical, or an angled axis. 

If you choose an angled axis, enter the angle of the axis that you want, in degrees, relative 
to the x axis.

5 To preview the effect before you apply it, select Preview.

6 Do one of the following:

To shear the object, click OK. 

To shear a copy of the object, click Copy.

Distorting an object varies the size and shape of an object by dragging the corner points 
of the free transform tool’s bounding box. As you drag the corner handles of the bounding 
box, the object’s shape is distorted accordingly. 

1 With the selection tool, select the object or objects to distort.

2 Select the free transform tool  . 

3 Start dragging a handle on the corner of the bounding box (not a side) and then do one 
of the following:

Hold down Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) until the selection is at the desired 

level of distortion.

Hold down Shift+Alt+Ctrl (Windows) or Shift+Option+Command (Mac OS) to distort in 

perspective.

Distorting in perspective

After you transform a selection, you can return the angle of the bounding box to its 
original orientation. 

Choose Object > Transform > Reset Bounding Box. 

Sometimes you may want to repeat the same transformation several times, especially 
when you are copying objects. The Transform Again command in the Object menu lets 
you repeat a move, scale, rotate, reflect, or shear operation as many times as you want, 
until you perform a different transform operation.