Illy question (envelope mesh)
- Started 14 years ago
- Last post 14 years ago
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- pressplay
hey all, I‘m working with the envelope distort tool (rectangular grid/envelope mesh) in Illustrator.
Is there a possibility to work with straight lines instead of curves? Imagine the pic posted below, but without the handles on the points... can I somehow delete the handles like I could on a normal path so it would go from curved to straight?
- detritus0
afaik, no, which is why I queried BJLAdam in the following thread..
http://www.qbn.com/topics/663333…Envelope meshes are like spacetime - the higher you can set the resolution (ie. the density of the mesh), the sharper the detail can appear to become.. but it's necessarily a curved-space process, and I'm not sure (in practical terms, anyway) how many points you can set in a given matrix.
*shrugs*
I'm very often entirely wrong though.
- i_monk0
Won't using the Convert Anchor Point Tool switch them to straight angles like it does on regular bezier anchors?
- no, that doesn‘t workpressplay
- that doesn't work!? I know you can manually bring the anchors in, but damn, that sucksmonospaced
- pressplay0
dammit, I was afraid it‘s not possible... but why? in the light of things illustrator is capable of, this should be an easy task...
- doesnotexist0
it's more for creating gradients, isn't it?
i think you're using it as it wasn't intended, though it looks nice
- i_monk0
How about doing your meshy warpy stuff, then Expand Appearance (or whatever it is in this case) and using the Convert Anchor Point Tool on the results?