Envelope Distort in Illustrator: Make With Top Object
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There are many distortion techniques available in Illustrator with which to manipulate vector artwork. However, it's not always desirable to permanently distort the original graphic. The option "Envelope Distort - Make with Top Object" allows for a vector shape to distort another object by making it conform to it's size. This process is non-destructive and can be easily released at any point.
TIMELINE
0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - Distorting lines
- Create an Envelope Distort using Top Most Object
- Envelope Options
- Releasing Envelope Distort to access original items
2:53 - Distorting text
4:43 - Real world example of company logo
5:23 - How to quickly make a series of lines using the Distort and Transform effect
one of the clearest tutorial i've ever seen.... Thank you... that helped a lot....
Thank you Shahriar. I appreciate that.
This is such an awesome function; I'm having a great time experimenting with it thanks to your guidance. Many thanks!
Hey that's awesome. Thank you. Keep up the experimenting. There's no better way to learn a program. Cheers.
Thank you very much for this awesome video Michael!
Cheers. Happy it helped.
A greatly explained tutorial.thank you!
Thank you. Hope it proves useful.
this is amazing; both tutorial and content. so simple yet transformative. Thanks!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the kind comment. It's most appreciated.
This vid helped me, I just wanted to thank u, I was stuck on this simple step for a lil bit.
Hey thank you. I appreciate you posting this comment.
mint! thanks mate
Cheers
Great video!!
Cheers Ryan
Nice and easy. Thanks for sharing
Thank you. Happy designing.
Thanks Michael!
Thank you
very nice sharing
Thank you
This is BRILLIANT! This will help me at work, where I have to sometimes wrap graphics around cylindrical shapes for trade show structures. Before this, I would have to rasterize the graphic, then use Object/Envelope Distort/Make with Mesh. Question: Is it possible to do this without rasterizing? I'd would like to keep the distorted images live so that they automatically update if the graphics change. Thank you very much for sharing, instant Sub!
Thank you and great to hear. If you are wanting to wrap live graphics around a cylinder you might want to look into 3D within Illustrator. I don't have a video on this but the video below is a good demo...
Cylinder Warped Graphics • Adobe Illustrator Tutorial
th-cam.com/video/ymHXypEfeZs/w-d-xo.html
Be aware that 3D has been dramatically updated in the latest version of Illustrator. If you like the old way of doing things you can access them from the menu...
Effect > 3D and Materials > 3d (Classic)
Hope that helps and thanks for the sub.
Thanks🙏👍
Cheers
God bless i have found you😘
High praise indeed. Thank you Catfish.
Fucking amazing tut dude! I was watching like 50 other on this and couldnt fcking find one with such detail and simpleness, This is great for me, A beginner, thanks.
Thanks mate. I really appreciate the feedback. Best of luck learning Illustrator and shout out if you have any questions.
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i know this is an old video, but is there anyway for you to make a video about using text envelop distort with more complex objects. I have yet to figure out how to get it clean. It seems to do whatever it wants.
Thanks for the video suggestion. I hope you solve the problem soon.
Hi! I'm trying to follow your tutorial but in my case the border lines when applied stay right and wont follow the curved line of the shape ant help? thanks
Hi Riccardo. Sorry to hear you're having an issue. Unfortunately I don't understand what you problem is. Could you explain it a little further. Cheers.
@@MichaelBullo Im having the same problem. So when we press Envelope distort the lines don't distort to the curves of the shape I drew they try to stay like a square and look like a mess. I followed tutorial exactly and don't know what I'm doing wrong
@@destinycarson1099 Hi Destiny. I just ran a couple of tests on my computer but I don't seem to be able to reproduce your problem. Any chance you could put your file on something like Dropbox and post the link here so I can review it?
It's 2021 and I've still got this same problem. It doesn't follow the path cleanly. It's messy for real.
I did this exactly that and I got a message saying "This requires a selection of multiple objects. The top object must be a single path, mesh or single path mesh" I don't know what I did wrong :(((
Can you get it to work if you use a really simple example? Can you get my example to work with a single word inside of a circle? Once you've got a simple example working, start to increase the complexity of the elements involved. Hopefully you'll be able to then work out what kind of element you are using that is preventing the effect from working. Good luck and please let us know how you get on.
@@MichaelBullo Says the same thing for me, is it the settings or what I'm lost :( too
@@lucerosoto2902 Have you tried creating an extremely simple example? If you can get that to work, start to increase the complexity of the elements involved.
mine too :((
@@raineroasa Can you get a simple example to work like I suggested in my first reply?
Full Explanation is 1:14 - 1:20
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Doesn't work for me. The text that I'm distorting turns into scribbles?? Any ideas?
Can you get a very simple example to work?
it'll work with a circle. The shape I'm trying to use is a rectangle that is concave on top and bottom so the text will be fat on the ends and narrow in the middle.
@@Richard-mq7wf I need to see your setup. I suggest you post this issue along with a screen capture on the Adobe Illustrator forum where lots of experts hang out.
community.adobe.com/t5/illustrator/ct-p/ct-illustrator
Not a single video teaches what to do with overlapping lines 😭
Go on... What exactly are you trying to do?
@@MichaelBullo I'm trying to create depth (imagine a desert at night with a strong light on the sand). But when I envelope mesh the lines they appear from behind even if I put them on top of a black rectangle, the lines always appear behind each other...
@@synergypiano Can you post this on the Adobe Illustrator forum along with screen shots? Please post a link back here so I can see what you are talking about. If I can't help, lots of Illustrator experts will see your question.