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The Mold Tool 293

If the selected object has more than one perspective or envelope mold applied, only the
most recent mold is removed.

Rotating the object within the mold
Sometimes you will find that the mold is the correct shape but the object needs
rotating within it. You can rotate the object by clicking the rotate object button.

Enveloping

The MOLD TOOL lets you envelope shapes in a wide variety of ways.

The effect is similar to a rubber sheet or balloon that you can stretch in any direction.

You can envelope all types of objects except bitmaps.

Sample enveloped text

Enveloping is similar to applying perspective. That is:

1. Select the object or objects.
2. Select the MOLDTOOL (shortcut "Shift + F6").
3. Choose one of the envelope options:

The right-hand button is similar to paste perspective described earlier.

The left-hand button does not initially alter the object. The other buttons immediately alter
the object.

After applying the mold, to edit it:

1. Drag any of the corner handles.
2. Or click on a corner handle and then drag the curve handles.