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Lines, Curves, and Shapes 73
Applying perspective
The Perspective Tool, like the adjacent Envelope Tool, produces an overall
shape distortion. But while the Envelope effect stretches the object as if it were
printed on a rubber sheet, 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. 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
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.