Additional Flashcards
Types of tools in Illustrator
Tools in Illustrator are divided into six categories. Select any of these categories to learn about the tools within them.
•Draw tools
• Select tools
•Navigate tools
•Hello Paint tools
•Text tools
•Modify tools
lets you select an object or a group of objects to move and resize.
Selection tool [V]
lets you select anchor points and path segments to reshape objects.
Direct Selection tool [A]
lets you select objects that share an attribute, like color or opacity.
Magic Wand tool [Y]
Lets you drag to draw a shape around the elements that you want to select.
Lasso tool [Q]
lets you draw connected lines and curves with precision using anchor points and direction handles.
Pen tool[P]
lets you add anchor points on paths.
Add Anchor Point tool[+]
lets you remove anchor points from paths.
Delete Anchor Point tool[-]
lets you convert from corner points to smooth anchor points, and adjust the direction handles if smooth
Anchor Point tool[Shift+C]
lets you draw and edit connected lines and curves easily using anchor points.
Curvature tool[Shift+~]
lets you enter text at a point or in an area.
Type tool[T]
lets you use the boundaries of objects to enter and control the flow of text.
Area Type tool
lets you enter text along the shape of a path.
Type on a Path tool
lets you enter text vertically at a point.
Vertical Type tool
lets you use the boundaries of objects to enter and control the flow of vertical text
Vertical Area Type tool
lets you enter vertical text along the shape of a path.
Vertical Type On A Path tool
lets you move, scale, and rotate individual characters in a word.
Touch Type tool[Shift+T]
lets you draw line segments.
Line Segment tool[]
lets you draw arcs.
Arc tool
Lets you draw spirals and rotate them to adjust the size.
Spiral tool
Lets you add rectangular grids.
Rectangular Grid tool
Lets you add grids containing concentric circles and radial divisions.
Polar Grind Tool
lets you draw rectangles and squares.
Rectangle tool [M]
Lets you draw rectangles with rounded
corners.
Create square and reactangles with rounded corners.
Rounded Rectangle tool
Creates ovals and circles
Ellipse tool
Lets you draw polygons of up to 1000 sides.
Create multisided shapes.
Polygon tool
Lets you draw stars of up to 1000
arms.
Create and rotate pointed shpes.
Star tool
Create and modify flares. lets you add flare objects that have a bright center, a halo, rays, and rings.
Flare tool
lets you apply brush strokes freehand.
Paintbrush tool[B]
lets you draw filled shapes freehand.
Blob Brush tool[Shift+B]
lets you sketch rough freehand shapes and converts them into crisp vector shapes.
Shaper tool[Shift+N]
lets you draw freehand paths like drawing with a pencil.
Pencil tool[N]
lets you draw freehand paths like drawing with a pencil.
Pencil tool[N]
Lets you draw over an existing path to smooth it.
Smooth tool