Write the video we're going to learn the shortcuts for aligning and distributing.
And the short answer is there's no shortcuts.
And the syllabus had to make it Keeble which will cause he can make them that way.
Either way we're going to use something called the Actions panel.
So let's go about as we learned how to make this kind of custom shortcut using actions and in Illustrator
for aligning and distributing.
But you can use this for anything.
OK so let's get started.
So first up if you just want to be super quick you don't want to learn this you want to download my
ones you can do that but it's got a window actions and I've got some default shortcuts made for Mac
only.
So I beseech people if you make a PC one awesome send it to me and I'll add it to the exercise files
as well.
So that would be super cool.
So to load the ones that I've made go to that's a little big.
I mean you have go to load actions.
And there's one called a line in distribution.
OK and I've got some basics in there we're going to make vertical in the second but that will be there
when you download it and the shortcuts that I've got came in.
This is MECO really.
I'm holding the command key down in the function key.
So you get your keyboard there's an if in key you need to hold down both of those.
And then we use the F keys along the top case if one of two or three four.
So the basics if I select these two guys command function if one is left the line command function if
two is right a line if three.
I'm just going to ignore the command function OK so if 3 is seen horizontally forwards vertically and
then you've got distibution k now.
The reason distribution is a little bit difference.
Grabble these guys and its command function.
I'm using 12 and a half a live in for the up and down left and right.
OK you could change all is you can rename them horizontal or vertical up and down makes more sense to
me the vertical horizontal.
You can go and change it by double clicking them OK.
Well what you're going to run into when you're creating your own unlike what I did is I wanted use a
5 for this one.
Five opens up the voiceover thing which is really a command function of five.
My Mac was
that thing we've all turned on onstage and not know how to turn it off.
And so yeah you run into some when you're making your own.
You'll run into some problems with preexisting function keys.
PCs are easier than it controls how many of those keys were missing center vertical.
So to make it what we're going to do is we're going to go to you have either selected a new can you
action decide where to put it.
I've made my own folder you can just stick it in the default actions and stick him decide what shortcut
you're going to use.
And in our case we're going to use it for I've tested it command function for.
Even though it doesn't say function on a Mac you have the whole function even though they don't say
it.
OK but tis the Mount OK to see if they'll you might come back in and change them because it might open.
Voiceover.
This one here is going to be called s.a vertical vertical.
Austin I'll call the up and down and if the right as well.
Not sure why that baffles me so much anyway.
So it's recording Kate's going to record your action.
What do you do next is going to be part of the shortcut.
And we're going to go up a line of coke.
That's a.
Vertical.
And you can see it recorded it stop and hopefully now Ashburner sick these guys and go c'mon function
f four.
And it lines up.
So that's how you create your own kind of custom shortcut.
Start it make a new one.
Give it a name give it a shortcut which you'll have to probably test a few times.
I know that if five doesn't work and a few other ones on a Mac that doesn't work.
But yeah and then just do stuff.
Now you can take this further and do things like rotate it and keep recording.
So if I go to here and I hit record it'll move it will rotate and you can see it's recording everything.
OK so now if I stop it and I go you my friend my shortcut command function is for.
OK.
It moved it up and rotated it.
So you got to if you're doing something quite repetitive you can record it.
It requires everything.
OK so I'm going to delete these guys here.
You've got
and that's going to be as I'll say these in the exercise files and you can just use mine.
You do a PC one.
I'd love you to do it and drop it to me.
Send me a message and I'll add it to the exercise balls.
All right peeps.
I will see you in the next video.