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Reassigning keyboard shortcuts

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Reassigning keyboard shortcuts

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- [Instructor] All right, so, as you can see, I've gone ahead and added some paths for shading purposes. I've also colored in the creature's nose. But we're going to take a break from drawing for the moment so that we can reassign a few keyboard shortcuts. Specifically, those for the Blob brush, which, by default, is Shift + B; the Eraser tool, which, by default is Shift + E; and the Shape Builder, which, by default, is Shift + M. I would like to be able to access everyone one of those tools without pressing the Shift key. And to make that happen, go up to Edit menu, and choose Keyboard Shortcuts, which itself has a shortcut of mash-your-fist + K, that is Control + Shift + Alt + K here on the PC or Command + Shift + Option + K on the Mac. Then, make sure this option is set to Tools and you want to go ahead and scroll down the list until you see the Blob brush, which occurs pretty early. Notice it's set to Shift + B. I'm going…

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