When moving the cursor beyond the handles in
transform mode to rotate selected objects interactively:
Hold down Shift to constrain rotation.
Drag the round centerpoint away from the center of
the handles to relocate the axis of rotation.
When dragging a transform handle in distort mode:
Hold down Shift to constrain handle movement to
45-degree angles.
Hold down Control (Windows) or Command
(Macintosh) to achieve the illusion of perspective
(corner handles only).
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option
(Macintosh) to distort the object symmetrically.
When moving the cursor beyond the handles in distort
mode to skew the object, hold down Alt (Windows) or
Option (Macintosh) to skew the object relative to the
centerpoint.
To move the centerpoint back to the center of the
transform handles, double-click the centerpoint.
Numeric transformations
To scale or rotate selected objects, images, and pixel
selections by specific measurements, choose Modify >
Transform > Numeric Transform to open the Numeric
Transform dialog box. Select the type of transformation
to perform on the current selection from the pop-up,
and input numeric values to transform the selection.
Check Constrain Proportions when scaling or resizing
to keep the horizontal and vertical size of the selection
proportional when transforming.
Check Scale Attributes to transform the fill, stroke, and
effect of the object along with the object. If Scale
Attributes is unchecked, the stroke, fill, and effect on the
object do not increase in size; only the path is scaled.
Using color
Use the Color Mixer and the Swatches panel to create or
choose colors for brush strokes, fills, and effects.
Click to apply a color to the brush color well.
Click to apply a color to the fill color well.
Click to switch brush and fill colors.
Click to restore default brush and fill colors.
Color Mixer
Swatches panel
Creating and Editing a Graphic
Choose a color model.
Create a color.
Pick a color.
Add, replace, save, clear,
or sort swatches, or
choose a palette.
Choose a swatch.
Click to add the active
swatch to the palette.
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