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5. Turn shapes into patterns.
We used the reflect tool to turn one moth into three. Then, once we had our moths in a row, we moved the reflect tool below them from right to left to reflect the entire set.
6. Broaden your horizons in a second.
A simple vertical stroke with the shift pixels tool stretched our chair horizontally into a bench. Pixels move perpendicular to the stroke direction. Drag to move pixels in one direction, and Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) to move pixels in the reverse direction. Adjust the brush size and pressure to control the amount of shifting and fine tune the effect.
7. Make logos that sizzle.
Using the warp tool, with a brush about the same width as the letters, we dragged small portions of the tops little by little.
8. Change an expression.
A combination of the bloat and pucker tools was used to give the creature a pair of flaring nostrils and larger claws. The warp and displace tools transformed an urbane smile into a menacing snarl.
9. Add complexity to simple illustrations.
Here, we started with a simple vector illustration and applied the warp tool. Choosing the reconstruct tool, we applied reconstruction using the Displace mode. The direction of the warp determined where the displacement occurred.
10. Add a surrealistic touch.
We used the warp tool to twist the clock into the general shape we wanted. Then we froze the indented areas outside the clock, and applied Rigid reconstruction. The clock tried to revert to its original shape, but was restrained by the frozen areas. Finally, we thawed the frozen areas, and used the reconstruct tool in Smooth Reconstruction mode to finesse the edges.
