Adobe Illustrator Eraser Brush Tip: Option-Erase

Posted on January 8, 2009 by George Coghill

vector-pen-tool-iconHold down the Option key when erasing using the Eraser Brush, and you’ll get a marquee that you can drag to erase a perfectly rectangular area.

Bonus Eraser Tool tip: edit the keyboard shortcuts so the Eraser uses the “E” key, and remap the Free Transform tool to Shift-E (essentially swapping the keyboard shortcuts for the two tools). Seems much more intuitive this way.

Both tips via FreeTransform


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2 Responses to Adobe Illustrator Eraser Brush Tip: Option-Erase

  1. cheza says:
    June 20, 2009 at 8:10 am

    fantastic tip thanks a lot

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