Monday, February 14, 2011

Adobe Illustrator tools

Rotate Tool: Clicking this rotates a selected path or paths 360 degrees. It is located under Tool Palette, keyboard shortcut R, pull out for dialogue box where you can specify what precise angle you want. To drag it around its center point, you just click and drag. To use a different point, click anywhere in the window to reposition it and then drag in a circular motion. To rotate a copy of the object press Option after you start dragging.

Reflect Tool: Clicking this creates a mirrored refection. It's located right next to the rotate tool. After selecting the tool, you select the 2 end points of where your axis is to reflect it right over the line. To get a copied reflection creating 2 images hold Option when clicking your second axis point. You can adjust the angle of reflection by shift dragging to make it 45 degrees, the outline will appear so you can pick exactly how you want it.

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