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Perspective
The Mold Tool
lets you perspectivize shapes to give an
impression of depth.
You can perspectivize all types of objects
including text and bitmaps. Note that
bitmaps lose perspective if you later blend
them or convert them to editable shapes.
1.
Select the object or objects.
2.
Select the Mold Tool (shortcut "Shift
+ F6").
3.
Choose one of the perspective options:
The right-hand button (paste perspective) is described later.
Web Designer Premium draws a rectangle around the object or selection. You can drag the control
handles at each corner of the rectangle to produce the perspective effect.
You can rotate, resize and skew the perspectivized object using the Selector Tool
.
You may want to move control handles without redrawing the perspectivized object (doing this speeds
up screen redraws).
To do this select the Detach mold
button. To refit the object, deselect the button.
Using vanishing points
As you reduce the size of the sides of the perspective mould, you see a "vanishing point" target. This is
similar to vanishing points in conventional perspective drawings.
You can use vanishing points to obtain
consistent perspective for several objects.
All three object share a common vanishing point at the small cross.
The perspective mesh
This button paints a faint series of dots in a grid to preview the degree of
perspective distortion of an object.
Using molds
You may want to apply the same perspective to several objects. To do this you create a mould shape,
copy it to the clipboard and then use it to perspectivize the other objects. A perspective mould shape
must have four straight sides:
This is acceptable as a mold
shape
These are not acceptable. The object on the left
has too many sides (must be four). The object on
the right has curved sides (must be straight).
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