Shortcuts for ILLUSTRATOR

CTRL+G....Group CTRL+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

Select Same - Fill&Stroke Select Save selection ckdr Ruller - Change units View Smart guides View Hide bounding box (evitare deformare objct) View Outline/Preview View New view Artboards: Align to artboard Shift+O New/Delete/Move/Copy artboards Object Artboards Rearrange Window Artboards Artboard inside artboard switched 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

CTRL+CCopy CTRL+XCut CTRL+VPaste

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) Variables Dynamic 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)

CTRL+Y.Show/Hide outline CTRL+F Paste in front CTRL+B Paste in back CTRL+ck..Close command Pen tool: PPen + Add anchor point - Delete anch point SHIFT+C.Convert anchor Backspace.Delete CTRL+J.Join K.Live paint bucket IEyedropper Shift+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- thresholdincrease - 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 color mode Add color to swatches by dck on color from other palettes Select - Shift+ck to add more object to selection I Apperance dck 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 style Character 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 object wraped) Object- Text wrap Text wrap options Effect-Warp-Stylize Write text inside a letter: outlines, ungroup,objectcompaund-release CTRL+C then CTRL+F..copy the same shape over it Create snowflake- line, rotate 45, copy, ctrl+d

Bulb Brush - join or pathfinder unite, a:delete a point, hold a and drag the inside path Offset V- object- path- offset path