Adobe illustrator 10 Manuale Utente

2 Do one of the following:

Drag the direction points on the direction lines to edit the mesh point as you would any 

anchor point. For more information about editing anchor points, see 

.

Shift-drag a direction point to move all direction lines from the mesh point at once.

Use the direct-selection tool, the convert-selection-point tool, or the transformation 

tools to edit mesh points.

1 Select the mesh tool.

2 Do one of the following:

Click a mesh point and drag to freely move the point and the connecting mesh lines.

Press Shift and drag the mesh point to constrain the movement to follow a mesh line. 

This is a convenient way to move a mesh point along a curved mesh line without 
distorting the mesh line. 

Dragging to move mesh point (left) and Shift-dragging with the mesh tool to constrain to mesh line 
(right)

Colors are added to mesh objects using the Color palette, by dragging and dropping 
colors, or by using the paint bucket tool. When you select and color a mesh point, the 
mesh point and surrounding area are colored with the current fill color. When you click 
over a mesh patch, all four mesh points surrounding the patch are colored. You can also 
use color filters to change the color of mesh points. 

Adding color to a mesh point (left) and to a mesh patch (right)

Once color is applied to parts of a mesh object, you can change the shape and extent of 
the colored areas by editing the mesh points, anchor points, and mesh lines. (See 

.) 

1 Select a mesh point or mesh patch with the mesh tool   or the direct-selection tool  .