Adobe Illustrator Cc Cheat Sheet (Page 3 of 5) in pdf

Edit Commands

SHORTCUTS

"Constrain a shape’s proportions or orientation to:

Shift-drag

equal height and width for rectangles, rounded rectangles, ellipses, and grids

Increments of 45° for line and arc segmentsOriginal orientation for polygons, stars, and ﬂares"

Move a shape while drawing it

spacebar-drag

Draw from the center of a shape (except for polygons, stars, and ﬂares)

Option-drag

Alt-drag

Increase or decrease polygon sides, star points, arc angle, spiral winds, or ﬂare rays

Start dragging, then press the Up

Start dragging, then press the

Arrow or Down Arrow

Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Keep the inner radius of a star constant

Start dragging, hold down Cmd

Start dragging, hold down Ctrl

Keep the sides of a star straight

Option-drag

Alt-drag

Switch between an open and closed arc

Start dragging, hold down C

Flip an arc, keeping the reference point constant

Start dragging, hold down SF

Start dragging, hold down F

Add or subtract winds from a spiral while increasing the length of the spiral

Start dragging then Option-drag

Start dragging, then Alt-drag

Change the decay rate of a spiral

Start dragging then Cmd-drag

Start dragging then Ctrl-drag

Add or remove horizontal lines from a rectangular grid or concentric lines from a polar grid

Start dragging, then press the Up

Start dragging, then press the

Arrow or Down Arrow

Up Arrow or Down Arrow

Add or remove vertical lines from a rectangular grid or radial lines from a polar grid

Start dragging, then press the

Right Arrow or Left Arrow

Decrease skew value for horiz dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%

Start dragging, then press F

Increase skew value for horiz dividers in a rectangular grid or radial dividers in a polar grid by 10%

Start dragging, then press V

Decrease skew value for vert dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%

Start dragging, then press X

Increase skew value for vert dividers in a rectangular grid or concentric dividers in a polar grid by 10%

Start dragging, then press C

Create and expand a Live Trace object in one step

Option-click Live Trace in the

Alt-click Live Trace in the

Control panel, or hold down Opt

Control panel, or hold down Alt

and select a tracing preset.

Increase size of Blob Brush

] (right square bracket)

Decrease size of Blob Brush

[ (left square bracket)

Constrain Blob Brush path horizontally or vertically

Shift

Switch through drawing modes

Shift+D

Join two or more paths

Select the paths, then press

Command+J

Ctrl+J

Create corner or smooth join

Select the anchor point, then

Select the paths, then press

press Shift+Command+Option+j

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+j

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