It would be nice to have a "Deform" tool to be able to re-size a sprite along one edge rather than just one dimension (i.e. change a rectangle into a trapezoid).

Jeff


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I'd like to see this, too. The prebuilt character bodies are all so skinny that it's hard to make characters different from each other. The built-in stretching choices are a step towards that, but they seem a bit too exaggerated for normal use.

Well, there already is a deform tool in CTA 2!!!!
Open the 2D Motion Key Editor and the last tab on the right is "Deform".
You can deform any side of a sprite.

The more I use CTA 2 the more I find these little gems that were added.

Jeff


Get my Plugin Manager and TaskNotes plugins for iClone.
Check out EZColors and Other products for CTA/CA. EZColors: the easy way to change Render Styled (RS) colors!
See my CTA Tutorials on the YouTube channel CTAStepByStep

This is actually one of my favorite tools in CTA. The only thing that could be better is if they make it so its a full on "envelope tool". something that would allow you to really deform the selected shape and not just the corners and edges but actually allow you to bend and pinch and bloat parts of the selected shape.


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