Stupid noob question about free transform

[kep1]

hey i'm sorry for this dumb question in advance. i have a rectangle that i'm animating and i want the right side of it to stretch out so when i'm using the free transform tool to manipulate it it keeps stretching my rectangle on both sides equally when i just want the right side to stretch. how can i keep this from happening?

[kaplan]

after you select the free transform tool grab that little outline circle in the center of the rectangle and move it to the right side. i think it's called the registration point. try that. now when you resize it will resize toward that point's new location.

[senocular]

you can also use the ALT key modifier when transforming a selection

[Kilo]

after you select the free transform tool grab that little outline circle in the center of the rectangle and move it to the right side. i think it's called the registration point. try that. now when you resize it will resize toward that point's new location.

Its called the translation point or pivot point. Registration point is the little cross hairs on a symbol that registers as the 0,0 coordinates of the symbol for actionscripting.

Of course i might be confusing them too.....