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The importance of modifier keys - Illustrator Tutorial
From the course: Illustrator CS5 Essential Training
The importance of modifier keys
Before we jump into learning about the drawing tools inside of Illustrator, I wanted to take a moment to talk about the keyboard. While the actual drawing that you'll be doing will be done with the mouse or with a pen, if you're using a Wacom tablet, the keys in your keyboard play a very important role in how you get your work done. Basically certain keys on the keyboard can make the drawing tools behave differently. For this reason there are certain keys on the keyboard called modifier keys. Across the board in almost every single tool inside of Illustrator, these modifier keys can really make a difference in how you draw. These modifier keys are the Shift, Option and Command and Spacebar keys on Mac, or the Shift, Ctrl, Alt and Spacebar keys on Windows. There are many different keyboards out there, so what you see here may not match exactly what you have. But one of the nice things that I've seen is that lately keyboards have these keys mirrored on both the left and right sides of…
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The importance of modifier keys1m 52s
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Drawing closed path primitives11m 38s
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Drawing open path primitives5m 47s
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Understanding anchor points3m 43s
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Drawing straight paths with the Pen tool7m 37s
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Drawing curved paths with the Pen tool9m 47s
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Drawing freeform paths with the Pencil tool5m 33s
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Smoothing and erasing paths3m 8s
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Editing anchor points7m 21s
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Joining and averaging paths10m 9s
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Simplifying paths4m 55s
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Using Offset Path2m 16s
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Cleaning up errant paths2m 32s
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