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Using the transform command in Illustrator

Using the transform command in Illustrator

From the course: Creative Quick Tips

Using the transform command in Illustrator

Hello, and welcome back to Creative Quick Tips. My name is Justin Seely, and in this week's installment, I'm going to be showing you how to use the Transform command inside of Adobe Illustrator to create some really cool and interesting shapes. So the first thing we need to do is draw a shape out on our art board. And what I'm going to do is just come over here, and grab the Polygon tool. You can create any document you want in order to do this and then just come out here and create your polygon. Now I'm going to, as I'm drawing this, tap the down arrow key on my keyboard, and that's going to allow me to tap that down to three sides to draw a triangle. I'm going to hold down my Shift key to constrain all the proportions, and then release. And then what I'm going to do is just move this until it syncs right there in the center, and I've got Smart Guides turned on. If you go to View, make sure there's a check mark next to Smart Guides, that way everything will snap. And then what we're…

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