Envelope Distort Issue

I'm using envelope distort option under the objects file menu to put some text on a roof top shape but the top of the text is distorting badly. (See attached image) Anyone know why this happen and how to solve this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Select the roof shape & your type,
then object >> envelope distort >. make with top object.
I personally like the top image as the logo better if I may say so , distorting the "N" looks like a sagging roof.

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* we've replicated the problem using another image that includes tones of a PMS. Warping also changes the tones.
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I've attached an image of the problem. The top is how the PMS should read. Below, is after warping.
*EDIT - Rasterizing the ENTIRE artwork solves the issue - BUT, this is not ideal to send to print as the text is now pixelated.
We then Rasterized the background image, along with a vector shape of the dieline with no fill or stroke (as the image would not Rasterize on its own). On top of that we warped the text and other vectors. So we now have two warped shapes - one for the background and one for the text.
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Would be interesting to know if anyone else can replicate this problem and thoughts?
Thanks muchly :-)

We are experiencing a similar thing with gradients values changing slightly which cause min dot value issues for flexo printers. We have tried all of the different envelope option settings and nothing works. The text issue you are having did you try turning off the Anti-Alias option? Did it make a difference for the pixelated text?

When I use envelope distort, the text warps wrong.

When I use envelope distort on a a chevron shape, the text warps beyond the shape and new anchor points and curves are automatically added. What am I doing wrong? Here are images of what's going wrong: http://imgur.com/a/usHj2

I can't recreate your issue. I'm also not sure what steps you're following, but here's what I did:
I tried it with live type, too, and it still worked. You may try copying your two objects into a brand new document, and see if the issue persists.

How to make a envelop distort like in this image

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I still believe the originator of the artwork at least tried to keep to the straight and narrow. The crucial question is whether Hunter wishes to (too).
When zooming in as far as possible on the image (so it is 190 mm wide on screen), as far as I can see, the spaces are still constant width and the lettershapes at top and bottom are still straight, especially evident for the TE at the end, so I believe any deviation would be an inaccuracy. The rounding of the basically horizontal segments as in Envelope (or Art Brush) Distort should be clearly visible.
I believe Hunter may be able to make sure by zooming in on the actual artwork, and maybe measuring distances between key Anchor Points, and/or dragging with the Line Tool between them, in the latter case the top of the TE would show the greatest deviance from straightness.

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not sure if this is a well known flaw or not ...
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Did an Envelope Distort to it with 4 rows and 4 columns
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As a result, nearly every action one might do to the artwork now takes an eternity to be executed. Why is this so?
Besides: Why is the file that huge? 12 MB ...
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Klaus

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Envelope distort with Mesh

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pointTMP.h=pointA.h+boundSize.h;
pointTMP.v=pointA.v;
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pointTMP.v=pointB.v;
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In the image the (translucent white gradient) star should be aligned with the star behind, but it gets distorted (left) until envelope is reset (right).
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I have 2 objects, a circle and a patch of stars.
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Envelope distort to center of the object only possible?
Okay, can anyone please give me a hint how to achieve the effect shown in the image? If not with Illustrator what software can do this effect?
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Set up the dot pattern (or whatever the art is)
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Hi Guys
I need your help in solving one urgent problem that I have.
I have to distort a rectangular layered image using a given template (fan shape) in Photoshop. The image has to follow the template very precisely (it's for cup printing) and to stay in layers (lenticular design). I know how to easily do it in Illustrator, using the envelop distortion, but then my image will be flatened so won't work for my lenticular design. So please help .
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How do I combine two words as one with Envelope Distort.... For example...
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 Any way it is outlined text then all turned to area type paths and the thread and then filled with the text. Pretty simple and basic today.
 
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