20 Common Short Cuts you should know in Illustrator...
Selection Tool V Direct Selection Tool A
Pen P Paintbrush B Blob Brush Shift B Eyedropper I Type T Blend W
Live Paint Bucket K Make Live Paint Option Command X Live Paint Selector Shift L
Add Anchor Point + Delete Anchor Point - Join Path Command J Group Selected Artwork Command G Ungroup Selected Artwork Shift Command G
Zoom Tool Z Zoom In Command + Zoom Out Command -
Undo Command Z
Tools Icon & Shortcut Keys
How to Install Brushes in Illustrator
Find Illustrator Brushes and download them they end in .ai If they download into a .zip file click on them to unzip the file.
Under Properties in Illustrator Click the brush menu – Then click on the brush library icon on the bottom left. Then go down to “Other Library…” Find your brush file in Downloads (it ends in .ai)
Looking for cool Illustrator or Photoshop fonts? Try the website DaFont.com you can download them free and use them here at school.
Search for free Vector fonts You can download fonts in ".OTF," ".TFF," ".PFP," and ".TTF" formats. Then right click on the file to open it and click install. It will install it for you into Illustrator.
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How to Export - Share - Package Files
Don't lose your Fonts! Don't lose your Photographs! Don't lose your mind or get a bad grade. It is easy to package files.
It is easy: Go to File - Package - make sure brushes, fonts, images are packaged. Then copy the files from the "packaged" folder and send them to me through Schoology.