5 Illustrator Must Know Tricks: Print, Cut & Pin on Your Wall
Shape Builer Tool (shift + M) Make Sure: 1. Paths are stroke only (no fill) 2. There are no gaps between paths
Edit Patterns (Tilde ~) Move a Pattern (Selection Tool: V)
Scale a Pattern (Scale Tool: S)
Rotate a Pattern (Rotate Tool: R)
Pencil Tool to Reshape (N) Hover close to the path until the Asertisk (*) disappears
Add Movement Lines ChooseWidth Profile & change Transparency to “Multiply” + 20%
Add Thick Outline Make sure sketch is grouped and filled with a color (or pattern) Add a new stroke from Appearance Panel, drag under “contents” Change corners to round join
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Illustrator Must Know Shortcuts: Print, Cut & Tape on your Computer Monitor
MAC & PC
MAC & PC
V Selection Tool
A
V Selection Tool
A
P
Pen Tool Direct Selection Tool
M Rectangle Tool
L Ellipse Tool sewheidi.com
Direct Selection Tool
P
Pen Tool
M
Rectangle Tool
L
Ellipse Tool sewheidi.com
MAC
PC
Copy cmd + C Paste cmd + V Paste in Front cmd + F Undo cmd + Z Redo cmd + shift + Z View Artboard cmd + 0 Select All cmd + A Deselect All cmd + shift + A
Copy ctrl + C Paste ctrl + V Paste in Front ctrl + F Undo ctrl + Z Redo ctrl + shift + Z View Artboard ctrl + 0 Select All ctrl + A Deselect All ctrl + shift + A
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MAC Copy Paste Paste in Front Undo Redo View Artboard Select All Deselect All cmd + C cmd + V cmd + F cmd + Z cmd + shift + Z cmd + 0 cmd + A cmd + shift + A sewheidi.com
PC Copy ctrl + C
Paste Paste in Front Undo ctrl + V ctrl + F ctrl + Z
Redo View Artboard Select All Deselect All ctrl + shift + Z ctrl + 0 ctrl + A ctrl + shift + A sewheidi.com