3.03 Flashcards

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What is the Selection Tool?

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Allows you to select paths, objects or groups by click or dragging over them.

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What does the Direct Select Tool do?

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Allows you to select individual points of any path.

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What is the purpose of the Pen Tool?

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It allows you to create and edit anchor points and paths.

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What does the Anchor Point Tool do?

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Allows you to add or remove handles to create a curve on an anchor point.

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What is the Curvature Pen Tool used for?

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Allows you to simply create paths with curved anchor points.

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What are Paths?

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These are created when 2 or more points are connected, using the pen tool.

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What is an Open Path?

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A path that does not end, not connected back to the original anchor point.

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What is a Closed Path?

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A path that has the same beginning and ending point, forming a complete shape.

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What are Anchor Points?

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A point on a path indicates a change of direction.

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What are Curves in relation to anchor points?

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Can be applied to an anchor point using handles to create an arched line.

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What is the Pencil Tool used for?

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This tool is used to create free-form shapes or lines.

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What does the Paintbrush Tool do?

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This tool is used to create free-form paths with a hand-drawn feel.

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What is the Blob Brush Tool?

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This tool is used to create free-form objects with a hand-drawn feel.

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What are Shapes Tools?

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A group of tools to create basic shapes without using the pen tool.

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What are Swatches?

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Saved colors that can be applied in a design via the swatches panel.

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What are Global Swatches?

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Color swatches that automatically update throughout your artwork when changed.

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What are View Modes?

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Ability to view projects and adjust the display on the screen.

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What does the Type Tool do?

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Allows you to create text in a design.

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What is Point Type?

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Occurs when using the type tool and clicking once, text continues without wrapping.

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What is Area Type?

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Occurs when using the type tool and dragging a text box, text wraps inside the box.

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What does the Type on a Path Tool do?

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Allows you to add text along any previously created path.

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What is the Touch Type Tool?

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Allows you to adjust individual letters in a previously created text box.

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What is Placeholder Text?

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Text that holds a place in a design to allow for layout creation.

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What is Kerning?

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Adjustment of the space between two individual letters.

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What is Tracking?

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Adjustment of the overall spacing between letters.

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What is Leading?

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Adjustment of the space between lines of text.

27
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What is Readability?

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Characteristics of fonts and styles that make text easy to read.

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What is Hierarchy in design?

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Creating visual order in design by controlling what the viewer looks at.

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What is Alignment?

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Formatting the appearance of text with the margins of the text box.

30
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What is Paragraph Spacing?

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The space that occurs between lines of text.

31
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What does Create Outlines do?

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Converts text to closed paths and can be found in the Type Menu.

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What is Overflow Text?

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Occurs when the text box is too small to house all the text, indicated by a red plus sign.

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What is Threading Text?

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Ability to create linked text boxes that affect each other when text is added/adjusted.

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What is Text Wrapping?

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When text in a text box automatically wraps to the next line when reaching the edge.

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What does the Perspective Tool do?

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Allows you to place elements on a perspective grid for adjustment.

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What is Grouping?

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Links objects together so they can be moved, scaled, or rotated as a unit.

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What is Isolation Mode?

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Allows you to adjust single objects/groups inside a group without ungrouping.

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What does Expand Objects do?

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Divides a single object into multiple objects that make up its appearance.

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What does Transform Objects do?

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Allows you to change the size of objects.

40
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What do Scale, Shear, Distort Objects do?

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Adjust the size and perspective of objects.

41
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What are Clipping Masks?

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Masks objects to a shape so that only areas within the shape are visible.

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What does the Blend Tool do?

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Combines shapes/colors between two or more objects to create a new object.

43
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What are Live Corners?

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Widgets that create rounded corners when using the Direct Select tool.

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What does the Shape Builder Tool do?

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Allows you to create complex shapes by merging and erasing simpler objects.

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What does the Smooth Tool do?

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Smooths a complex path and reduces the number of anchor points.

46
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What does the Join Tool do?

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Joins paths and anchor points together quickly.

47
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What does the Eraser Tool do?

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Allows you to remove anchor points and cut through paths.

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What does the Scissors Tool do?

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Allows you to split a path into 2 pieces.

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What does the Knife Tool do?

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Allows you to split an object into 2 pieces along a freehand path.

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What is the Pathfinder Panel?

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Allows you to create complex shapes by selecting and using buttons to cut, combine, or divide.

51
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What does the Align Panel do?

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Allows you to align one or more objects to the artboard or other objects.

52
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What is Live Paint?

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Allows you to quickly apply colors to objects in a complex design.

53
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What is the Appearance Panel?

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Shows fill, strokes, graphic styles, and effects applied to an object.

54
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What do Brushes do?

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Set the appearance/style of a path and can be applied to existing or new paths.

55
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What does the Eyedropper Tool do?

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Allows you to sample color or text from an existing part of the artwork.

56
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What does Image Trace do?

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Converts a raster image into vector artwork.

57
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What are Effects?

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Added to objects to create quick dynamic characteristics.

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What are Graphic Styles?

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A set of reusable appearance attributes to quickly change the look of an object.