Where would you find the Shear transformation command?

Where would you find the Shear transformation command?

• A. Object > Transform > Shear
• B. Edit > Transform > Shear
• C. View > Transform > Shear
• D. Effects > Warp > Shear

Answer: (A)

In Illustrator, geometric transformations like shear live under the Object menu in the Transform section. The Shear command is reached by choosing Object > Transform > Shear. This path reflects that shear is a true coordinate transformation, not an effect. The other menu paths don’t provide this command because they either don’t host transformation options (Edit and View) or treat distortion as an effect (Effects > Warp), which operates differently from a direct transformation.

In Illustrator, geometric transformations like shear live under the Object menu in the Transform section. The Shear command is reached by choosing Object > Transform > Shear. This path reflects that shear is a true coordinate transformation, not an effect.

The other menu paths don’t provide this command because they either don’t host transformation options (Edit and View) or treat distortion as an effect (Effects > Warp), which operates differently from a direct transformation.