We all love shortcuts, right? They simplify our lives and help us get things done faster. We all love finding the shortcut to the grocery store or a shortcut to cleaning the bathroom. There are dozens of shortcuts for the Inspiration Studio Software and there is a tutorial in the Craft Room video library of all the keyboard shortcuts. It also includes a PDF file of the shortcuts so that you can keep it handy and refer to it often.
If there is ONE shortcut that deserves its own tutorial it is the Move Point shortcut. I cannot begin to explain how helpful this one little shortcut is! I need to give credit to Camilla, here in the office, for first showing me this trick. It is a lifesaver, believe me. It will be especially helpful to those of you who use a touchpad instead of a mouse.
The Move Point Tool is THE go-to tool for most of us. We use it to shape lines, fix ugly curves and use it in a multitude of other ways. This used to mean moving back and forth to the left side of the workspace to select the different tools. Now, instead of continually moving back and forth to the Move Point Tool when you are drawing or editing designs- just press the Space Bar on your computer keyboard. Click- you have the Move Point Tool. Click again- you are back to your original draw tool. You can move back and forth between two tools immediately with one click.
This shortcut works with all of the draw and design tools. It has streamlined my manual vectorization process and the time I spend on cleaning up vectorized designs. Watch the video to see how it works. I promise you will be using this so much that it will become second nature to you.
Chris
Great tip…THANK YOU…this will make design and cleaning up my designs much faster…
Thanks! This tip will definitely make designing and clean up much quicker.
I use this shortcut all the time and LOVE it! I just wish there was a shortcut for the select tool, too!
Holey moley….
Love this..wish I knew about it earlier.
this is awsome!!! really appreciate the videos – thanks so much
This is a super short cut!!!
thank you so much
OMG this is an awesome time saver. I wish I would have read this earlier today when I was designing. Thank you for sharing!!!
This is definitely my “go to” tool. I started using the Move Point tool as soon as I started using the software almost a year ago. I can’t imagine not using it. 🙂
Wow, happy I watched the video! I didn’t know about the space bar and the draw tools. Gotta use this tip for sure. Thanks. 🙂