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- [Voiceover] Alright,

let's start things out



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by taking a look at the

Scale Tool and seeing how



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it compares to a Dynamic Transformation.



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I'm gonna create a new document

by going up to the File menu



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and choosing New From Template,



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or I could press Control + Shift + N,



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or Command + Shift + N on the Mac,



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and then I'll just go

ahead and double click



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on my center guides document like so.



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And I'm gonna go ahead and change



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a couple of settings up here.



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I'll switch the Fill to

something like, orange let's say,



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and then I'll take the

Lineweight up to three points.



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And next I'll grab my

Rectangle Tool, which of course



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I can get by pressing the M key,



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and I'll just go ahead and

Alt + Click or Option + Click



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at the intersection of those two guides



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to bring up the Rectangle dialogue box



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and I'm gonna dial in

100 for both the values



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and click OK.



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Next I'll go ahead and

double click on one of these



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round corner widgets in order to bring up



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the Transform panel, and I'll

dial in around this value



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of 20 points, and because I

have my Link icon turned on,



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that goes ahead and rounds

off all the corners.



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Alright, now I'll go ahead

and hide that Transform panel,



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and I'll press the V key to switch back



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to my Black Arrow Tool.



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Alright, now I wanna move

this guy over so I'll press



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the Enter key or the Return

key on a Mac in order



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to bring up the Move dialogue box,



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and I'll change the horizontal

value to let's say 200 points



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and I'll leave the vertical

value set to zero points,



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and then I'll go ahead and

click on the Copy button



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or of course you can press

Alt + Enter here on the PC,



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or Option + Return on the

Mac in order to create



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a duplicate of that guy.



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And then I'll click on the

original, press the Enter key



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again or the Return key

on a Mac, to bring up



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the Move dialogue box and I'll

change the horizontal value



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to negative 200 this time and click OK.



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Alright so again, the purpose

here is to demonstrate



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the difference between working

with a Transform effect



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that we saw on a previous chapter,



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and the old school Scale Tool.



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And so one way to apply

transform is to go up



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to the Window menu and

chose the Appearance command



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and that'll bring up the Appearance panel.



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And then I could drop

down to the Effects icon



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in the bottom left corner of the panel,



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choose Distort & Transform,

and then choose Transform.



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Another way to work however,



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is to just go up to the Effect menu,



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choose Distort & Transform.



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Notice we're seeing the

exact same commands,



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and then choose the Transform command.



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So either the Effect menu

or this Effects icon,



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either way is gonna work.



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And now I'll change the

scale values to 300% each



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like so.



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And then I'll turn on

the Preview checkbox,



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just so we can see what's going on.



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And something that I

want you to notice here



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is that the Transform effect

goes ahead and increases



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the roundness of the corners.



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So it goes ahead and

scales that round corners



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we're seeing right here.



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You also have the option

if you like of scaling



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the strokes and effects by

turning on this checkbox



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which I'm gonna go ahead and

do, and then I'll click OK



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in order to scale that shape.



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Alright, now let's see how

a Dynamic Transformation



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compares to a static one.



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I'll go ahead and click

on this shape right there



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and then I'll select the Scale Tool,



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which by the way you can

get by pressing the S key,



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and just as when you select

one of the Arrow Tools



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and press the Enter key or

the Return key on a Mac,



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you bring up the Move dialogue box.



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I'll go ahead and cancel out there.



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If I switch to the Scale

Tool, and press the Enter key



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or the Return key on a Mac, I bring up



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the Scale dialogue box.



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Now at which point, I'm gonna change my



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uniform value to 300%,

that's handy by the way.



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I don't have to enter 300%

in two different fields,



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I can just enter it once.



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And then, notice in addition to



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the Scale Strokes & Effects checkbox,



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which I can turn off or

on, and of course I can see



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the effect if I have the

Preview checkbox turned on,



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I also have an independent

Scale Corners checkbox,



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which I can leave off if I

don't want to scale the corners,



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or I can turn on if I do

want to scale those corners.



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So you have a little more convenience,



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as well as a little more

flexibility when you're



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using the Scale Tool.



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Now of course the big difference is that



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one's a Dynamic effect and one is not.



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So if I were to go up to the View menu



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and choose the outline

command, or press Control + Y



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or Command + Y on the

Mac, then I would see that



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the shape on the left

is still small because



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it's been modified dynamically,



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and the shape on the right is as large



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as it appears on the Preview mode.



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Alright, I'm gonna press Control + Y,



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or Command + Y on a Mac

in order to switch back



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to the Preview mode.



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One more thing I want

you to see, if I go ahead



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and press the V key to switch

back to my black arrow Tool,



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and I click on the shape to select it.



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Notice here in the Appearance panel,



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we're seeing the word

"transform," and if I click on it



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then I will bring up my

transformation settings



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at which point of course

I could change my mind



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if I like by turning

on the Preview checkbox



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and then changing these

values to let's say, 200%



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like so.



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At which point I'll go ahead and click OK



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in order to apply that effect.



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Compare that with a static transformation,



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I'll go ahead and click

on that static shape



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and you can see that we

have no information about



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the transformation here

inside the Appearance panel



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and in fact, Illustrator

has not the vaguest idea



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how large this shape was when we started.



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And so that's ultimately the difference



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between a Dynamic Transform effect,



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and a Static Transformation.



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The former allows you to change your mind



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any time you like.



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The latter is more or less permanent,



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however it gives you more control.



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And we're gonna see

further evidence of what



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that control looks like

in the very next movie.