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74 Lines, Curves, and Shapes
Applying envelopes
An envelope distortion is one that you can apply to any object to change its
shape without having to edit its nodes. You can use envelopes to bend text into a
wave, arch, trapezoid, or just about any other shape. You can edit envelopes into
custom shapes and apply them to other objects for corresponding effects.
With the Envelope Tool, an object’s nodes can be moved in order to create
custom envelopes or to allow preset envelopes to be applied to the selected
object. The displayed context toolbar, shown while the tool is active, offers
various options to customize the envelope—envelope shape, line colour, weight,
and style can all be altered. It also lets you pick from a range of pre-defined
envelopes of various shapes, remove the selected object's envelope or apply curve
adjustments on the envelope's boundary.
To apply an envelope:
1. Select the object(s) you want to be enveloped.
2. Click
Envelope Tool on the Drawing toolbar.
3. From the context toolbar, select a preset from the
flyout. The first item, User Defined envelope, retrieves the last drawn
custom envelope shape used in your current DrawPlus session.
To remove an envelope:
1. Select the envelope with the Envelope Tool.
2. Click from the Envelope context toolbar.
To create/edit your own envelope:
You can create an envelope or edit any of the preset envelopes once they have
been applied by dragging the nodes and handles accordingly.