Adobe Illustrator CS4 - Manual (Page 33)

26 USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
Workspace
Reshaping tool gallery
Illustrator provides the following tools for reshaping objects:
The Paintbrush tool (B)
draws freehand and
calligraphic lines, as well as
art and patterns on paths. The Mesh tool (U) creates
and edits meshes and mesh
envelopes. The Gradient tool (G)
adjusts the beginning and
ending points and angle of
gradients within objects, or
applies a gradient to objects. The Eyedropper tool (I)
samples and applies color,
type, and appearance
attributes, including effects,
from objects.
The Live Paint Bucket tool
(K) paints faces and edges of
Live Paint groups with the
current paint attributes. The Live Paint Selection
(Shift-L)tool selects faces
and edges within Live Paint
groups. The Measure tool measures
the distance between two
points. The Blob Brush tool (Shift-
B)draws paths that
automatically expand and
merge calligraphic brush
paths that share the same
color and are adjacent in
stacking order.
The Rotate tool (R) rotates
objects around a fixed point. The Reflect tool (O) flips
objects over a fixed axis. The Scale tool (S) resizes
objects around a fixed point. The Shear tool skews objects
around a fixed point.