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- [Voiceover] In this movie,



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I'll demonstrate how the scale tool,



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along with the other



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old school transformation tools,



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allow you to uniquely

set the origin point,



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which is the center of the transformation.



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So, to give you a sense of what I mean,



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I'll go ahead and select

the dynamic object here.



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And then, here inside

the Appearance panel,



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I'll click on the word Transform



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in order to bring up the Transform Effect



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dialogue box.



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And notice if I turn on

the Preview check box,



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we are currently transforming the shape



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about its center point,



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as indicated by



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this little reference

point matrix right there.



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But I can change that if I want to.



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I can transform with respect to a side,



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like so, or,



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either the top or the bottom.



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Or I could select one of the corners.



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But that's it,



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that's all the control I have.



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Otherwise, If I wanna

scoot that point elsewhere,



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then I would need to

invoke these Move values.



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For example, I could set



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the horizontal value to negative 10,



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and the vertical value

to negative 10 as well,



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in order to scoot that

guy up a little bit.



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At which point, I'll go ahead and click OK



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to accept that change.



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Compare that to the

behavior of the Scale tool.



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I'll go ahead and click

on the static shape,



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in order to select it,



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and then I'll switch to the Scale tool.



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Once again, you can do so



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by pressing the S key if you like.



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And, notice right there, that

we have this little target,



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can you see that right

there in the center?



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And that indicates the

default transformation origin,



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which only starts out in

the center of the shape.



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And so there's a couple of ways now



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that I can use the scale tool, that is



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actually drag with it,

inside the document window.



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The first way is exactly that:



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I could just begin dragging,



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and in order to make the

best use of this tool,



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you wanna start 45 degrees away



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from the transformation origin.



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So you wanna move up and to the left,



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for example, and you wanna

move pretty far away,



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and I'll demonstrate why in a moment.



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But, I'm gonna start up left, like so,



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and then, I'll begin dragging.



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And notice, if you drag toward the origin,



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you're gonna make the shape smaller,



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and if you drag away from origin,



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you're gonna make it larger.



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And of course you can

squish it if you want,



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or make it taller, it's

entirely up to you.



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But it's always a good idea



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to begin dragging 45 degrees,



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in any direction, by the way,



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it could be 45 degrees over here,



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or over here,



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doesn't matter.



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And you wanna stay pretty far away



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from that origin point,



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because notice,



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if I'm close in, like so,



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and I'm not really 45 degrees away,



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then I'm gonna make huge differences



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very rapidly, so tiny

movements of my mouse



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are gonna have a big impact on this shape.



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You also have the option



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of constraining the

proportions as you drag.



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And you do that by dragging,



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as I was doing before,



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and then while you're dragging,



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go ahead and press and hold the Shift key,



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and that will constrain the proportions.



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The other thing you can do



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with the Shift key,



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is you can begin dragging horizontally,



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that is, from the origin point like so,



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and then, press the Shift key



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in order to constrain your scale



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to exclusively horizontal



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as you're seeing me do right now.



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Or you can start above,



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and drag while pressing the Shift key



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to constrain your scale



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to exclusively vertical.



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The thing is, in every one of these cases,



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we're just accepting that

default transformation origin,



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right there in the center of the shape.



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Now you don't have to work that way.



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If you wanna move the origin,



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then don't begin dragging.



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Click instead.



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So let's say I wanna scale



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with respect to the intersection



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of the two center guides,



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I'll go ahead and click right there,



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and that moves my target to this location.



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It's a little bit hard to see,



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but there it is,



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after which point,



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I would move my cursor once again,



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45 degrees away from that origin point.



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Not the shape itself,



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but rather the origin.



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And then, I would begin dragging,



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and in this case,



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I'm pressing the Shift key



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as I drag toward the origin.



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And notice that it's gonna

make the shape smaller.



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At some point, I'm gonna flip it



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as soon as I move past the origin point.



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If I don't want that to happen,



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then I need to stay on this side.



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Or of course, I could

make the shape bigger,



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and in this case,



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I'm making it exclusively

horizontally bigger,



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that happens sometimes



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when you have the Shift key down.



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If you'd rather it was

proportionally larger,



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then I just need to move my cursor



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up a little bit like so.



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And because I have my

Smart Guides turned on,



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I can see the degree to which I'm scaling



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the shape in that heads up display.



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Alright this time I'm gonna click



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to set the origin right about there.



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And by the way,



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if you change your mind,



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and you wanna move it

to a different location,



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then you can just drag it around



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as you're seeing me do now.



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Alright another option

that's available to you,



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is to duplicate the shape



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as you scale it.



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And you do that by



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once again, dragging from 45 degrees away,



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just for the most control, once again,



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and in my case of making

the shape smaller.



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And then, you press and hold the Alt key,



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or the Option key on the Mac,



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at which point you'll see



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that double arrowhead cursor,



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which is showing you that

you're gonna make a duplicate.



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If you want the duplicate



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to be scaled proportionately,



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then press and hold the Shift key as well.



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So I currently have both

the Shift and Alt keys down.



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That would be the Shift and

Option keys down on the Mac.



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And notice that new shape



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appears in front of the old one.



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That's just something to bear in mind.



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Compare that, by the way,



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with the behavior of a

dynamic transformation.



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If I go ahead and click on this guy,



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in order to select him,



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and of course, there he is



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in a different spot than I anticipated.



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But now I'll go ahead and click



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on the word Transform

inside the Appearance panel.



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If I turn on the Preview check box,



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and make copies of the shape like so,



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you can see that the copies appear



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in back of the original.



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And to make that even more clear,



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I'll switch the origin point to the center



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of this little reference point matrix.



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So in other words it's

exactly the opposite,



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Transform puts the copies in back,



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whereas the Scale tool

puts the copies in front.



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But because they're static shapes,



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you can change the stacking

order to any extent you like,



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just by right clicking

in the document window,



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choosing Arrange,



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and in my case, for example,

choosing Send to Back.



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Alright there's just one

more trick you should know.



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I'll go ahead and select this shape



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with my black arrow tool.



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Then I'll switch back to the Scale tool.



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You can also set the origin point,



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and bring up the Scale Dialogue box



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by pressing the Alt key here on the PC,



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or the Option key on the Mac.



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And notice what happens.



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Your cursor goes from being

a standard cross cursor,



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to being a cross with three dots after it.



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And that tells you that you're gonna



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bring up a dialogue box.



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So just go ahead and Alt click in order to



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set your origin and bring

up the Scale dialogue box.



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Notice, there's the

origin point right there.



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And then, go ahead and enter

your desired percentage value,



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such as, in my case,

120 percent, let's say.



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And then, click OK if you

wanna scale the actual shape,



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or if you wanna scale a duplicate,



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go ahead and click on the Copy button.



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You also have a keyboard

shortcut of Alt, Enter on the PC,



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or Option, Return on the Mac,



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in order to invoke copy like so.



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And it's a little hard to

see that this happened,



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(laughs) because I'm covering

up the original shape.



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So, I'll just go ahead and press the V key



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to switch to my black arrow tool,



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and I'll drag this guy

to a different location.



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And that's how you set

the transformation origin,



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which represents the center about which



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the transformation occurs,



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either by clicking, for example,



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using the scale tool,



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or by Alt or Option clicking



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to bring up a dialogue box



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here inside Illustrator.