- [Instructor] Warping type with envelope distortions.
In order for this to work, the shape the envelope needs
to be above the type in the stacking order.
So I'll select the heart, right-click, Arrange,
Bring to Front.
Now, holding down the shift key
I'll extend the selection to the type.
Object menu, Envelope Distort, Make with Top Object.
Not such a great result.
Let's see how we can make that better.
If we prepare our type beforehand,
we can get a much better result.
So I've made a few adjustments here.
Obviously it's now on two lines.
I've made the leading, the space between the lines
equivalent to the space between the letters
and using the Touch Type tool,
I have moved the I into position here
so that it fills in that what is otherwise a visual gap.
I've also made the second line smaller in size to the first.
There's one other thing I want to do.
I'm going to apply some warping to it, but takes it somewhat
in the direction of the envelope shape.
So with it selected I'll come to Effect, Warp
and choose Inflate.
In fact, I could even apply a second warping effect to it.
Come back to the same menu, Warp
and this time I'm going to choose Bulge.
So that we see now our type is closer to where it wants
to be before we apply the envelope distortion.
Now when I said that the envelope shape needs to be on top,
that's the stacking order.
It doesn't need to be on top visually so long
as it is above the type in the stacking order, that's fine.
I'll select both and reapply the Envelope Distortion.
Okay, now that's quite a lot better I think.
Let's just take a look at envelope options.
Having applied those two warps to the type,
those are Appearances and you may find that
Distort Appearance is turned on
or you might want to experiment with turning it off.
In this case, I prefer to have it turned off
so that the type is actually allowed to go outside
of the envelope shape.
Now I could make further changes
while this is still an envelope.
And to do that, I would need to come
and click on Edit Contents and just to make a point really,
I see that the space between the L
and the I is not as big as I would like it to be.
So I will come and choose my Touch Type tool
and I can continue to use this
even while
the envelope is live.
But at this point, I'm now going to switch back
to editing the envelope rather than the envelope contents.
At this point, I think I need to Expand
committing to this shape
and then Object menu once again, and Expand Appearance.
I'll switch now to my Direct Selection tool,
and I have way too many anchor points.
So I will make another trip to the Object menu,
Path and Simplify.
And finally, I just want to fix any problems
choosing my Pen tool.
I'll delete some of these unwanted anchor points
and hold down my option or alt key to convert
the type of anchor point that I'm working with.
Now, this is going to take more time than I have
and you don't need to see me do the rest of this
but that is essentially the process.