The Implode path effect applied to a sample shape
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Implode

Draw the whole outline in toward its centre so a mark collapses inward rather than merely scaling down, good for a vacuum-packed or crushed illustration.

FamilyDistort
Parameters1 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 1 control

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. Amount-100 to 100, default 40

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