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Using keyboard shortcuts and actions - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Drawing Vector Graphics
Using keyboard shortcuts and actions
how you can use keyboard shortcuts and recorded actions to streamline your work and avoid having to go to a pull-down menu or do multiple key presses to get a functionality to perform. So let's dive into it. Now, on thing I'll point out is all of my keyboard actions, there's 12 that I've been using for the, at least the last 15 years. And so as we're going to use the F1 key to make a clipping mask. Now to make a clipping mask, I want to mask this cat shape into the background, but I don't want to lose the background color. So we have to make a clone of this and bring it to the front on top of the cat to create the mask. Now, I would normally do this by doing Command + C, Command + F, and Bring to Front, but in this case, I can use another keyboard shortcut I'll go over shortly, F3, to do that. Once it's on top, I select the cat and then I can hit F1 to mask. It just makes the process speed up. I don't have to go to any pull-down menu. And the next one, the F2, is related to that. I…
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Creating keyboard shortcuts and actions12m 54s
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Using keyboard shortcuts and actions12m 39s
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Using custom scripts6m 25s
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Using Asset Export9m 19s
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Custom color swatches and graphic styles12m 28s
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Using Smart Guides12m 18s
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Organizing with layers12m 13s
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Helpful plugins for Adobe Illustrator32m 10s
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