Issues with scaling and moving the edges after mirror modifier

[Tamzine]

Hi guys, could you please advise what am i missing? I used mirror modifier as it showed in the lecture, but i cannot scale and move the edges as it was in the video - it keeps mirror every action, so i guess i just miss it

Thanks!

[NP5]

You are set to median point as pivot point, which is not the centre of the object when working on half the mesh.
Change it to 3d cursor, which is centrally placed. Scaling and restricting the scaling to XY by pressing Shift Z after S should all work as expected. So that is S+ Shift Z, Pivoting on the 3D cursor.

[Tamzine]

Thanks, scaling looks better, but i still cannot move the edge to be parallel to each other.

[NP5]

It all looks correct to me. What am I missing?

[Tamzine]

I want to make them parallel at this point to create a shape of the horse, but bcs of the mirror modifier the sides of the figure go apart creating this “\ /” shape when i need them to be “/ /”, same when i try to rotate…

[NP5]

Ah right.
The top horse shape mirrors looking at the front, not the side.
Looking at the side it is not a symmetrical shape!

Rotate your view look and work on it side on from your current view.