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How to use "Align to Key Object" in Illustrator

How to use "Align to Key Object" in Illustrator

From the course: Creative Quick Tips

How to use "Align to Key Object" in Illustrator

Hi there, Justin Seeley here once again with another creative quick tip for you. This week I'm going to be talking about how to align objects in Adobe Illustrator using something called a key object. Really, what this is, is a way for you to quickly and easily align things to certain objects in Illustrator. So just disregard the whole key object thing, it might be a little confusing. Basically, what we're trying to do here, let's say that I have these two shapes and I want to align these two shapes together, but I want to make sure that this shape, the circle down here in the bottom left, stays in its same position. Well, it's really hard to do that, because when I do this, if I just hit align horizontal center, align vertical center you can see they do that but its based upon the fact that they're aligned to the art board. Now, I can undo that and then I can change the alignment to selection. And when I do that, they still, don't quite stay put. So let's undo that, one more time. And…

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