Operation Manual

204 Applying Special Effects
Applying perspective
The Perspective Tool, like the Envelope Tool, produces an overall shape
distortion. Perspective gives you the visual impression of a flat surface being
tilted (or skewed) in space, with an exaggerated front/back size differential.
To apply a perspective effect:
1. Select an object and click Perspective Tool on the
Drawing toolbar's Transform flyout. The Node Tool becomes the
active tool and an adjustment slider appears above the object.
2. Drag the “3D” cursor over the selected object or drag the special
adjustment slider handle left or right to see it respond by tilting in all
sorts of orientations. Use Undo if you’re not happy with a particular
adjustment.
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From the context toolbar, select an item from the Perspective Presets
flyout closest to the effect you’re after. The first item, User Defined
perspective, retrieves the last drawn custom perspective shape used in
your current DrawPlus session. You can still use the cursor and
handles for adjusting perspective.