Adobe Illustrator CS3 - Manual (Page 361)

ILLUSTRATOR CS3
User Guide
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Filter > Distort
Effect > Distort & Transform
(top section of menu)
Reshape vector objects, or
apply the effects to a fill or
stroke added to a bitmap
object with the Appearance
panel.
Available: RGB mode only
See also: “Reshaping objects
with effects” on page
243
Effect > Distort
Filter > Distort
(bottom section of menu)
Geometrically distort and
reshape an image.
See also: “Distort filters and
effects (bottom of menu)” on
page
359
Effect > Path Offset an object’s path relative
to its original location, turn
type into a set of compound
paths that you can edit and
manipulate as you would any
other graphic object, and
change the stroke of a
selected object to a filled
object that’s the same width
as the original stroke. You can
also apply these commands to
a fill or stroke added to a
bitmap object with the
Appearance panel.
See also: “Offset duplicate
objects” on page
219,
“Convert type to outlines” on
page
312, “Convert strokes to
compound paths” on
page
156
Effect > Pathfinder Combine groups, layers, or
sublayers into single editable
objects.
See also: “Apply Pathfinder
effects” on page
230
Effect > Pixelate
Filter > Pixelate
Sharply define a selection by
clumping pixels of similar
color values.
See also: “Pixelate filters and
effects” on page
359
Effect > Rasterize Convert a vector object to a
bitmap object.
See also: “Rasterize a vector
object” on page
366
Effect/Filter Action