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The Bulge Along Axis path effect applied to a sample shape
Distort

Bulge Along Axis

Swelling a shape's waist along one chosen axis reads as pressure from inside, right for a stuffed cushion, an inflated balloon letter or a barrel stave.

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FamilyDistort
Parameters2 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 2 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. AxisHorizontal, Vertical
  2. Amount-100 to 100, default 50

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