How to Make a Twirl in Illustrator
Adobe's Illustrator vector graphics software allows you to create and edit images built from lines, points, curves and polygons rather than from the pixels that comprise a bitmap image like a BMP or JPG. Illustrator's Twirl tool distorts an image -- or an object in the image -- by swirling it into a set of curves.
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Instructions
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Click and hold down the "Width" button in the Illustrator toolbar -- usually the eighth button down in the first column. Hover your mouse cursor over buttons to see their names.
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Click the "Twirl" button on the toolbar that pops out from the "Width" button. This selects the Twirl tool.
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Click on your image to twirl it.
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Double-click the "Twirl" button to access the tool's settings, where you can change the size, orientation, intensity and detail of the twirl.
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Use a selection tool to select a specific Illustrator object before applying the Twirl tool if you want the twirl to be confined to that object.
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