Comments on: Free Transform tool is improved! http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php InDesignSecrets Blog and Podcast Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:17:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-362329 David Blatner Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:22:23 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-362329 Benjamin, InDesign does have Free Transform, but it does <em>not</em> have perspective. I agree that this would be a great benefit! Benjamin, InDesign does have Free Transform, but it does not have perspective. I agree that this would be a great benefit!

]]> By: Benjamin Jancewicz http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-362292 Benjamin Jancewicz Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:36:44 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-362292 Is there any way to free transform an object in InDesign, though? For example, I've been making mockups of banners that go on photographs of buildings. Illustrator is nice, because I import the PDF or EPS and use the Free Transform option to place the banner in perspective. Is there a way to do this in InDesign? Is there any way to free transform an object in InDesign, though? For example, I’ve been making mockups of banners that go on photographs of buildings.
Illustrator is nice, because I import the PDF or EPS and use the Free Transform option to place the banner in perspective. Is there a way to do this in InDesign?

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-205205 David Blatner Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:42:09 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-205205 Jreg, that only happens when you use the Direct Selection tool. If you use the Selection tool (black arrow), you cannot move points. Jreg, that only happens when you use the Direct Selection tool. If you use the Selection tool (black arrow), you cannot move points.

]]> By: jreg http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-205054 jreg Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:34:29 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-205054 I might be wrong here, and do hope that I am, but I really dont like how you can't move each corner of a polygon individually/independently to create an irregular polygon. Am I wrong? I might be wrong here, and do hope that I am, but I really dont like how you can’t move each corner of a polygon individually/independently to create an irregular polygon.
Am I wrong?

]]> By: InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Cast Shadows in InDesign http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-35815 InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Cast Shadows in InDesign Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:55:17 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-35815 [...] I was reading Sandee’s post about the Free Transform Tool and it reminded me of cool technique for creating cast shadows using that very tool. [...] [...] I was reading Sandee’s post about the Free Transform Tool and it reminded me of cool technique for creating cast shadows using that very tool. [...]

]]> By: john v http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-34664 john v Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:17:18 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-34664 never mind, I wasn't using the Free Transform tool. Why can't Illust/Photo/ID all work exactly the same way? By CS2, these programs should have the same methods to do things across the board, what are they waiting for! never mind, I wasn’t using the Free Transform tool. Why can’t Illust/Photo/ID all work exactly the same way? By CS2, these programs should have the same methods to do things across the board, what are they waiting for!

]]> By: john v http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-34663 john v Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:15:50 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-34663 I don't know, when I select an object, and go towards a corner point, I absolutely do not get any way to rotate the image, ala Illustrator/Photoshop. Not at all. How does that work? I don’t know, when I select an object, and go towards a corner point, I absolutely do not get any way to rotate the image, ala Illustrator/Photoshop. Not at all.

How does that work?

]]> By: David Blatner http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-34593 David Blatner Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:04:44 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-34593 Very good point, Jandeman. That Alt-drag thing is helpful when scaling, too. Normally, the Option/Alt key means "duplicate," but with the Free Transform tool it means "transform from the center." Very good point, Jandeman. That Alt-drag thing is helpful when scaling, too. Normally, the Option/Alt key means “duplicate,” but with the Free Transform tool it means “transform from the center.”

]]> By: Jandeman http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-34229 Jandeman Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:27:39 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-34229 Consequently, if you also hold down the alt-key (after first dragging a side anchor point), you can shear/rotate the object from the "middle?". Consequently, if you also hold down the alt-key (after first dragging a side anchor point), you can shear/rotate the object from the “middle?”.

]]> By: Branislav Milic http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-34225 Branislav Milic Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:40:01 +0000 http://indesignsecrets.com/free-transform-tool-is-improved.php#comment-34225 I hope it's not gonna be such a mess when we will open CS3 boxes !!! Imagine the situation !!! I hope it’s not gonna be such a mess when we will open CS3 boxes !!! Imagine the situation !!!

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