7/23/2019 Shortcuturi Illustrator

1/3

Shortcuts for ILLUSTRATOR

CTRL+G....GroupCTRL+R..Show Ruller

SHIFT+ CTRL+G.Ungroup

CTRL+ALT+0Fit all in window

CTRL+2Lock selection

CTRL+ALT+2Unlock all selections

CTRL+3Hide selection

CTRL+ALT+3Show all selections

SHIFT+TABHide Palettes

ALT.Copy

ALT+SHIFT.Copy 45,90,180

CTRL+SHIFT+A..Deselect

MRectangle

L .Ellipse

S .Scale (pg73)

Shift+OArtboards

O.Mirror

R..Rotate

P..Pen

B..Brush

Shift+B.Bulb Brush

T..Type

Z..Zoom slection area

C.Cut/Scissors

X.Fill/Stroke

Free transform:

E ..Free transform

SHIFT .Scale

SHIFT +ALT..Scale from centre

SHIFT +CTRL+ALTScale/distort

CTRL+SHIFT +ALT+D.........Transform Each/Copy

Dck on V......................................Copy/Move

CTRL+CCopy

CTRL+XCutCTRL+VPaste

SelectSame - Fill&StrokeSelectSave selection

ckdr Ruller - Change units

ViewSmart guides

ViewHide bounding box (evitare deformare objct)

ViewOutline/Preview

ViewNew view

Artboards:

Align to artboard

Shift+ONew/Delete/Move/Copy artboards

ObjectArtboardsRearrange

WindowArtboards

Artboard inside artboardswitched with alt, hold on

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y64uFrk8rn0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlfYELj_-ec

Scaling brush created - Brush option - Stretch between

guides

Tab

Shift+Tab - Hide all instruments

Scale: Edit-Preferences-General-bifa Scale

Stroke&Effects

Mirror copy: v, o, alt apasat +ck cel mai din dreapta

punct

Dck pe instrument: r,o,s etc.

FILETRS--FX: Appearance-Distort &Transform

Copiere multipla:

Object - Transform - Transform Each

(CTRL+SHIFT +ALT+D)

VariablesDynamic text: Pg.106

Window-Variables

Handle: use Shift & Alt, ck on anchor point

Stroke- Add Arrowheads

Hold ALT to change GUIDE direction take from ruller.

Hold SHIFT to snap GUIDE on rullers gradual

View- show edges (guides are marked as visible)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y64uFrk8rn0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y64uFrk8rn0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlfYELj_-echttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlfYELj_-echttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlfYELj_-echttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y64uFrk8rn0

7/23/2019 Shortcuturi Illustrator

2/3

CTRL+Y.Show/Hide outline

CTRL+F Paste in front

CTRL+B Pastein back

CTRL+ck..Close command

Pen tool:PPen

+ Add anchor point

- Deleteanch point

SHIFT+C.Convert anchor

Backspace.Delete

CTRL+J.Join

K.Live paint bucket

IEyedropperShift+RWarp

TType

Shift+CTRL+O..Create outlines

Shift+M..Shape buider

Edit - Paste in place/paste on all artboard

Joing multiple objects - 2 times join (ctrl+j)

Image trace/live paint:

Object-image trace- imag trace panel- threshold-increase - advanced- stroke 1px, decrease noise,

increase paths

Expand

Options-k-live paint bucket-ck on image then go to

gap options and set to medium- ok

Swatches-Color books-Focoltone.

Gradient- drag&drop from Focoltones colors

File-document color mode- cmyk/rgb

Color-Options - Shift+ck on color bar to change colormode

Add color to swatches by dck on color from other

palettes

Select - Shift+ck to add more object to selectionI

Apperancedck on contents

Create new pattern- drag&drop to swatches.

Edit new pattern: overwrite new model by dragging

on the old one pg 170

TYPE

Type-Area type options

Type-Threated text-release

Window - Type-Paragraph/Character style - New.

Character styleCharacter style options

Aplicate a new style to an existing paragraph: Hold

Alt while selecting a new paragraph style (character)

To deform text box: View- Hide bounding box-A

Object- Text wrap - Make (bring to front the objectwraped)

Object- Text wrapText wrap options

Effect-Warp-Stylize

Write text inside a letter: outlines, ungroup,object-

compaund-release

CTRL+C then CTRL+F..copy the same shape overit

Create snowflake- line, rotate 45, copy, ctrl+d

7/23/2019 Shortcuturi Illustrator

3/3

Bulb Brush - join or pathfinder unite, a:delete a

point, hold a and drag the inside path

OffsetV- object- path- offset path