Post on 07-Mar-2016
description
illustrator workspaceThe Artboard and the Navigator Palette
the Artboard
the Printable Area
the Paper Size
Enter desired zoom percentage
Zoom out Zoom in
Zoom slider
Hit command and drag with the mouse to define the visible area on the screen
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toolsOverview of the Tools Palette
Adobe Online access
V Select Tool selects entire objects
Direct-select Tool ASelects individual anchor points or line segments
Y Magic Wandselects area of same color
Direct-select Lasso Q
P Pen Tooldraws curves and line segments
\ Line Segment Tooldraws straight lines
Type Tool Tcreates and edits horizontal type
Rectangle Tool Mdraws rectangles and squares
B Paintbrush ToolCreates plain, calligraphic, scatter art, or
pattern brushstrokes
Pencil Tool Ndraws free-style lines
R Rotate Tool Scale Tool S
Shift + R Warp ToolFree Transform Tool Erotates, scales, reflects, shears, distorts or applies perspective
Shift + S Symbol Sprayerdistributes chosen symbol
Column Graph Tool Jcreates graphs
U Gradient Meshcreates and edits multi-colored gradient objects
Gradient Gchanges the direction of existing gradients
Blend Tool Wcreates shape and color blends between objects
I Eyedroppersamples paint or type attributes
Live Paint Selection Shift + Lselects section of live paint group
Shift + O Crop Areadefine crop area for printing
H HandMoves the artboard in the document window
Zoom Tool Zmagnifies or reduces the view size of an illustration
Fillcolor that is applied inside a path
Strokecolor that is applied to the edge of a path
Swap fill/stroke X
D Default fill and stroke colors
None / Gradient
Color
F Screen Mode menu
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K Live Paint Bucketrecolor faces and edges in live group
Eraser Shift + EErase sections of objects
illustrator workspaceThe Stroke and Transform Panels
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Location of selected object on the X and Y axis
Reference pointWidth
Height
Shear (skew)
Lock Proportions
Align strokes to center
Align strokes to inside
Align strokes to outside
Stroke weight (thickness)
Cap (end) styles
Joint (bend) styles
Dashed Line: (segment) and gap (spacing between dashes)