Distort images in Illustrator?

Mac OS 10.4.11 - Illustrator CS4. Is it possible to distort an imported image, I have tried using the Free Transform Tool and applying the keys Alt/Apple to change the corner point to what seems like a distortion point. It gives a ghosted line that appears to distort albeit more of a 'shear' effect than individual corner distortion but on release reverts to the squared format it originally was. Without going into unnecessary client particulars I am building children's cubes and I would rather do this in Illustrator rather than Photoshop.

salochin,
I thought I was home and dry with this one but I have a problem with edge fidelity - see attached image. Using Object>Envelope Distort>Make with Top Object - the shape I want to bring my image into is a sheared square with rounded corners (real rounded corners with points) but the edge is showing white bits. I have tried using high resolution and low resolution images and every combination in the Envelope Options but it only reduces the problem rather than solving it.
You should be able to do it, or at least fake it, if you add a step, using the (distorted) (sharp cornered) square that is the basis for the cube and underlying the (distorted) rounded square:
1) Select the image (below) and the (distorted) (sharp cornered) square above, and Object>Envelope Distort>Make With Top Object;
2) Select the envelope (below) and the (distorted) rounded square above, and Object>Clipping Mask>Make.
That should ensure sharp and crisp fitting.

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Hi, Im still learning the program but this is an error that hasn't occurred before under the same circumstances. I am working on Macs at uni (as I dont have Illustrator at home) and with images from my USB drive. I want to get the images into my ai document and trace them to make a logo, but Illustrator is preventing me from doing this in any way I try.
* I try to 'place' (file>place...) a jpg from the USB into the ai document and one of three things happens:
1. It appears as though nothing has happened so I 'select all' and this highlights an empty box where my image should be. This always happens on the first try after I open the document.
2. I delete the box and try again. This time not even the invisible box is placed. The computer processes and then acts as if I commanded it to do nothing.
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* I tried opening the image with Illustrator and get the message "insufficient memory was available to complete the operation". The image is only small - less than 1MB.
* I tried changing the file to a tiff and a pdf. I tried uploading the jpg to internet and saving and placing from there but this is unsuccessful. I tried other images saved both from my computer and the uni computer and they dont work.
* SOMETHING WORKS: I tried with random images from the internet and some (usually around 4kb) saved to Documents and placed are done so successfully. But this is no use to me.
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Thanks for your time,
Simon.

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@CHMprepress: I cannot adjust the image, it's for a scientific publication and the images itself have to be shown with as less modifications as possible!
@steve fairbairn: I've just measured the different shades of black and in both Photoshop and Illustrator. Both say it's: R=0 G=0 B=0. I also checked the color of the pasted image in Illustrator. It's all the same...
@badchess: The color settings are the same in both files. I basically used the pre-setting "North America General Purpose 2"
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CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
Or do you think I have to change any of the other options?
Changing the appearance of black in the preferences doesn't help either...
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Technique: Use an Effect
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Choose File > Place and select an image to place into Illustrator document.
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