Scale Object in Adobe Illustrator CS6

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You're watching VisiHow. In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to scale objects in Adobe Illustrator CS6 in Windows 7.

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   To begin, you should open Illustrator either from your desktop or by coming down to the bottom-left corner and clicking the Windows icon

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   This will reveal a list of your recently used programs. You may see Illustrator there. It has a brown-and-orange icon with the letters "Ai".

   

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   If you still can't see it, use your search bar along the bottom and start typing "Adobe Illustrator"

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   Click "Adobe Illustrator CS6"

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   It will immediately start loading and will take us directly to our workspace.

   

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   Click "File" in the top left-hand corner

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   Click "New..."

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   Alternatively, press "Ctrl" + "N" on the keyboard. You can also open an existing document from here. For more information on these settings, please see the following tutorials: "Use Templates to Create a New Document", "Create a New Document", or "Open Existing Files".

   

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   Let's click "OK"

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   Create an object

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   This can be done by selecting a fill color and selecting a shape tool. Let's create a rectangle. There are other VisiHow videos on these.

   

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   Click the "Selection Tool" black arrow in the vertical toolbar

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   You can also use other selection tools for more complicated objects. Once the object is selected, a blue frame will appear, which means that the object is ready to be edited.

   

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   To make an object bigger, click and drag the corners diagonally away from the object

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   You can also drag the center of the sides of the blue frame. The blue line shows the frame and where the object will be.

   

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    To avoid changing the proportions of the object, hold "Shift" and then click and drag the corner of the object

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    Now, the shape will stay proportional. Let go of the mouse button, and the object will be placed.

    

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    To scale the object from the center, press "Shift" + "Alt" and click and drag the corner of the object

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    Now, when we move the mouse, the object expands from the center; so, it moves equally from all edges. Let go of the mouse button to apply your scaling.

    

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    You can also scale our shape by clicking the "Scale Tool" in the vertical toolbar

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    The tool has the symbol with two rectangles and an arrow.

    

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    Now, you can rescale the shape as before

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    If you decide to scale with numerical values, double-click "Scale Tool"

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    This brings up a dialogue box.

    

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    Click and drag the "Scale" window to the side

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    Check the "Preview" box to see what is happening with your shape

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    That changes the shape on the canvas but applies no changes.

    

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    Clicking the "Uniform" option allows us to keep the shape in proportion

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    Clicking the "Non-uniform" option gives us a horizontal and vertical options

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    You can click those and type numbers.

    

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    We can also check "Scale Strokes & Effects"

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    Click "OK" to apply the changes to the object

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