Great Illustrator Tip from Layers Magazine
Posted on | July 13, 2010 | Comments Off
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And Now for the tip…
Layers magazine Tip of the Day
Adobe Illustrator CS4 Tip – A New Twist on an Old Tip.
I wrote a tip quite a while ago, called “Re-Siding a Polygon on the Fly,” which said the following. Click and drag with the Polygon tool. If you press the Up Arrow on your keyboard while dragging, the number of sides will increase. Press the Down Arrow and the number of sides will decrease.” After playing with some of the other drawing tools, I discovered the same shortcuts work with a lot of drawing tools.
To see what I mean, try the following. Select the Spiral tool, which is hidden under the Line tool. While clicking and dragging with the tool to create a spiral, press your Up Arrow to increase the number of segments, so the spiral winds further into the center. Or if you want to decrease the number of segments press the Down Arrow while drawing. More drawing tool tips to come.
Tip provided by Jeff Witchel, Adobe® Certified Training Provider. AdobeAce@comcast.net
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